Steve had this communication from Dr Alexandra Franklin of the Bodleian Libraries, with an indication that the resource will be back on-line, in improved form, by the end of this month.
At the end of 2024, the Bodleian Libraries reviewed a number of specialist digital resources including the Bodleian Broadside Ballads online database. As a precaution in line with University guidance on cyber-safety, these resources were taken offline.
At that point we took the decision to incorporate the data from the standalone Broadside Ballads resource into existing central online services. The records of broadside ballads are now included in the central catalogue of printed materials, SOLO, and improved digital images of the ballads will soon be made available in Digital Bodleian, linked to those records.