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The Academic Book of the Future Project Report. A Report to the AHRC and the British Library
We begin this report with an examination of the policy context within which academics write, produce and read academic books, and the effect these have upon research and teaching. We then move to a detailed analysis of what we actually mean by an academic book, and describe many of the...Deegan, Marilyn
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Heritage and Data: Challenges and Opportunities for the Heritage Sector. Report of the Heritage Data Research Workshop held Friday 23 June 2017 at the British Library, London
The event held at the British Library on the 23rd June 2017 was envisaged as an initial scoping and investigative research workshop, bringing together key representatives from the UK heritage industry and academic community from humanities and social and computing science to discuss challenges and opportunities that data presents to...Harrison, Rodney ; Morel, Hana ; Maricevic, Maja ; Penrose, Sefryn
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National Life Stories Annual Review 2016-17
An overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2016. This special edition of the Annual Review reflects on NLS at thirty, looking back on three decades of life story interviewing by the charity.National Life Stories
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National Life Stories Annual Review 2015-16
An overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2015. Various authors contribute articles to a section entitled 'In defence of the long interview', plus features on the inaugural NLS Goodison Fellowship, science and religion, and using interviews in exhibitions.National Life Stories
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National Life Stories Annual Review 2014-15
An overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2014. A special issue celebrating two of NLS's longest running projects, 'Architects' Lives' and 'Artists' Lives'.National Life Stories
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European Documentation Centres: Challenges for the EDCs’ work in the 21st century
This e-catalogue on 'The challenges for the EDCs’ work in the 21st century' has been produced to confront three important challenges which EDCs are facing in their daily work. The EDC Pan-European Working Group 2012-13 has discussed these challenges and would like to share its findings with the rest of...Directorate-General for Communication (European Commission)
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Text and Data Mining in EThOS
EThOS (https://ethos.bl.uk) is the UK's national thesis service listing over 500,000 doctoral theses and providing immediate access to over 300,000 digital theses. In 2014 a new copyright exception for non-commercial text and data mining (TDM) came into force permitting certain acts of copying that would otherwise constitute copyright infringement, in...McNeice, Kiera
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National Life Stories Annual Review 2013-14
An overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2013. NLS interviewers recount significant moments in interviews they have recorded, plus reflections from interviewees and project advisors on their contributions to NLS projects.National Life Stories
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Technology report: Web-archiving
Web archiving technology enables the capture, preservation and reproduction of valuable content from the live web in an archival setting, so that it can be independently managed and preserved for future generations. This report introduces and discusses the key issues faced by organizations engaged in web archiving initiatives, whether they...Pennock, Maureen