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Introduction to research data, data services and DataCite at the British Library (and beyond)
This webinar will provide an introduction to research data and how to use persistent identifiers such as DOIs to make research data and other digital outputs like theses and grey literature findable and citable online. This webinar will also provide an introduction to DataCite, an international non-profit organisation, which enables...Stewart, Sarah
research data, persistent identifiers, DOIs, research tools, and DataCite
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Introduction to EThOS: the British Library database of UK theses
The British Library service known as EThOS is effectively a shop window on the amazing doctoral research undertaken in UK universities. With half a million thesis titles listed, you can uncover unique research on every topic imaginable and often download the full thesis file to use immediately for your own...Gould, Sara
British Library, theses, research tools, dissertations, doctoral research, remote research, PhDs, and EThOS
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Project FREYA: How persistent identifiers can connect research together
This webinar will showcase the latest developments from the EC-funded FREYA project, including the PID Graph which provides a method to discover the relationships between different researchers and their organisations and find out the full impact of research outputs. It will also describe upcoming developments planned in the final year...Madden, Frances
persistent identifiers, DOIs, FREYA, metadata, research services, and PID graph
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Identifiers in Heritage Collections - how embedded are they?
Persistent Identifiers as IRO Infrastructure is an AHRC funded project as part of the Towards a National Collection programme. In this second webinar for the project, the project team presented the initial results of a survey on the use of persistent identifiers in Heritage Organisations followed by a panel discussion...Kotarski, Rachael ; Page, Roderic
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When is a persistent identifier not persistent? Or an identifier?
Ever wondered what that bar code on the back of every book is? It’s an ISBN: an International Standard Book Number. Every modern book published has an ISBN, which uniquely identifies that book, and anyone publishing a book can get an ISBN for it whether an individual or a huge...Cope, Jez
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Research reflections: a transmedia residency at the British Library
As a Digital Curator in the British Library’s Digital Scholarship department it is my role to encourage and support innovative, creative use and reinterpretation of the Library’s vast collections. Furthermore, my specific areas of personal research interest are how virtual and augmented reality technology, videogames and interactive fiction can be...Wisdom, Stella
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TEI Metadata for an 8-volume copy of the Macklin Bible in the collection of the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (11819)
Volumes 1-7 contain: The Holy Bible : embellished with engravings from pictures and designs by the most eminent English artists (London: printed by Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin, 1800). Volume 8 contains: The Apocrypha : embellished with engravings from pictures and designs by the most eminent English artists (London: printed...Billingsley, Naomi
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TEI Metadata for 24 individual plates in the second edition of the Macklin Bible in the collection of the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (R47430)
The Holy Bible, embellished by the most eminent British artists (London: Cadell & Davies, 1824). This publication was the second edition of this illustrated Bible. The 24 XML files contain the TEI metadata for each plate by Naomi Billingsley. The XML files here contain the researcher-authored metadata for the plates,...Billingsley, Naomi
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TEI Metadata for a 2 volume copy of the Bowyer-Fittler Bible in the collection of the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (R14793)
The Holy Bible ornamented with engravings by James Fittler from celebrated pictures by old masters (London: printed by Thomas Bensley for Robert Bowyer, 1795). The 2 XML files contain the TEI metadata for each volume by Naomi Billingsley. The XML files here contain the researcher-authored metadata for the volumes, which...Billingsley, Naomi
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Guides to Choosing Persistent Identifiers - Version 3
The FREYA Project has compiled short guides to help with choosing persistent identifiers for various types of entities. These are the final version. The first versions were released in May 2020 for community feedback and comment throughout June 2020. Revised versions were developed in July 2020 and are published here....Madden, Frances ; van Horik, René ; van de Sandt, Stephanie ; Lavasa, Artemis ; Cousijn, Helena