digitised collections and services at national library of scotland
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Presentation given at National Collections and the Digital Humanities seminar at The University of Edinburgh, 14 February 2014. Presented by Gill Hamilton, DIgital Access Manager on behalf of National Library of Scotland.TRANSCRIPT
since early 2000s
in-house
some in partnership
mass digitisation
Scottish, topical, preservation, exhibitions
digitisation
print & manuscript collections
image collections
film and sound collections
map collections
challenges
selection
description
correction
use and promotion
and that old chestnut …. resourcing
selection
Request a digital copy
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description – semantic
We think this is Cambrai
Do you think it’s this
Cambrai?
Or this Cambrai?
correction – OCR
use – The Historic Maps API
http://maps.nls.uk/projects/api/
use – various methods
Wikimedian-in-Residence
open metadataand
digital content policy
Here today from NLSGill Hamilton, Digital Access ManagerTony Stuart, IS Development ManagerFred Sanderson, IPR Officer
National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/NLS digital collections http://digital.nls.uk/NLS historic maps API http://maps.nls.uk/projects/api/ NLS map collections http://maps.nls.uk/NLS Screen Archive collection http://ssa.nls.uk/ Wikimedian-in-Residence Ally Crockford [email protected]