1. Finding Belgian Refugees in Cymru1914.org: Using Digital Resources to Uncover Hidden Histories of the First World War Ymchwil Research Prof Lorna Hughes University of Wales Chair in Digital Collections National Library of Wales Responses to Belgian refugees in Britain during the First World War: a Symposium Stirling | 2nd September 2014

2. Digital Collections and the National Library of Wales Ymchwil Research Digitisation supports: Access to Welsh and Celtic materials by global audience Preservation Collections enhancement and reunification Transformation of scholarship Community engagement A cohesive, national collection with the underlying principle of free access to digital content www.llgc.org.uk

3. Papurau Newydd Cymru Arlein | Welsh Newspapers Online Ymchwil Research Weekly Mail, 16th January, 1909 welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk

4. NLW Research Programme in Digital Collections Ymchwil Research UNDERSTANDING USE OF EXISTING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS ENHANCING USE OF DIGITAL CONTENT for research, teaching or community engagement DEVELOPING NEW DIGITAL CONTENT in partnership with academics and other key stakeholders www.llgc.org.uk/research

5. The Welsh Experience of the First World War: Ymchwil Research Cymru1914.org National Library of Wales Bangor University Cardiff University Aberystwyth University Swansea University University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids BBC Cymru Wales Archive Local archives of: o Conwy o Flintshire o Glamorgan o Gwent The Peoples Collection, Wales

6. Ymchwil Research Cymru1914.org: Project Overview Mass digitization project 500,000 funding from Jisc e-Content programme Also funded by partner contributions (total budget 1,000,000) All-Wales Collaboration through Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) Partnership of Archives and Special Collections of Wales Includes community-generated content A major focus for First World War research, education, and commemoration Developed in collaboration with stakeholders from many user communities cymru1914.org @CymruWW1

7. Ymchwil Research Selection of Content Content from special collections and archives of Wales Consolidated and (re)unified access to disparate collections 200,000+ pages and photographs 50 hours of audio 20 hours of audio visual Materials identified in collaboration with partners and academics Content approximately 70% English 30% Welsh Rights management part of selection process; all digital content BY-NC-SA

8. User Interface development: participatory, user led design process, and iterative testing Ymchwil Research

9. Multilingual tools: Canolfan Bedwyr, Bangor University Ymchwil Research

10. Finding the Belgians in Cymru1914: Newspapers Ymchwil Research

11. Ymchwil Research A hearty welcome

12. Ymchwil Research N-Gram of Belgian Refugees in newspapers Number of articles mentioning Belgian refugees 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

13. Letter from Chief Constable's Office, Canton, Cardiff: Belgian Refugees within the County, 12 February 1915 Ymchwil Research http://cymru1914.org/en/view/manuscripts/4451499/2

14. Ymchwil Research Oral history from the Swansea Miners Library: Of course there was one Belgian refugee there http://cymru1914.org/en/view/sound/aaaab00000001

15. Ymchwil Research Distinguished Belgian refugees Welsh Outlook, July, 1915 welshjournals.llgc.org.uk

16. Ymchwil Research Newspapers: Letters to the Editor http://cymru1914.org/en/view/newspaper/4118432/2/ART28/belgia n

17. Ymchwil Research W. D. Roberts Papers from NLW NLW MS 9982E: http://cymru1914.org/en/view/archive/3988263

18. 1st Nov, 1914 A Committee has been formed in the parish to help the Belgian refugees Ymchwil Research http://cymru1914.org/en/view/archive_file/3988264/63

19. 2nd December 1914: Letter regarding refugee allocation Ymchwil Research http://cymru1914.org/en/view/archive_file/3988264/78

20. 15th December, 1914: A party of six Belgians arrive in Llanfair Ymchwil Research http://cymru1914.org/en/view/archive_file/3988264/93

21. Charles Wens, aged 41; his wife, Angelique Wens, ages 40. Joanne Lienknecht aged 45; her children Julia Gubel, 2,; Charles Gubel, 17, and Caroline Lienknecht, 6. Ymchwil Research The Belgians of Llanfair http://cymru1914.org/en/view/archive_file/3988264/195

22. Ymchwil Research On behalf of us BelgiansWe all thank you and all the inhabitants of Llanfair for your great kindness to us 9th June 1915

23. Ymchwil Research 19th April, 1916: War Refugees Committee we hoped to be able to send all these people to Glasgow after Easter

24. Ymchwil Research Linked Data Talking in Triples Statements are made about things using triples Person 1 has name Charles Wens The two ends of the triples can overlap with other triples forming a graph NOTE: Overlap in this case means having the same beginning or end URI

25. Ymchwil Research Linked Data Graph - Example

26. Ymchwil Research http://cymru1914.org/en/view/archive_file/3988264/155

27. Ymchwil Research Thank you! http://www.slideshare.net/lorna_hughes/findin g-belgian-refugees-in-cymru1914org-using-digital- resources-to-uncover-hidden-histories-of- the-first-world-war