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Blog post
The writing of J. G. Ballard’s Crash: a look under the bonnet
Shock greeted the publication of J. G. Ballard’s Crash in 1973. Cult status quickly followed. Today, the novel is widely considered to be a modern classic, a novel that speaks both of its time – the darkening close of a decade of colourful liberation – and speaks dystopically to us...Beckett, Chris
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Blog post
No Longer in the Garage: The Archive of Galloping Dog Press, Poetry Information and Not Poetry
The small press publisher Peter Hodgkiss begins his memoir essay ‘It’s All in the Garage’ contemplating ‘a tatty cardboard box’ with ‘GDP’ written in fading red felt-tip pen on the side: ‘It has moved from landing to attic to garage 1 to garage 2 in two houses in Newcastle to...Beckett, Chris
literature, poetry, Contemporary Britain, manuscripts, and new collection items
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Blog post
‘Post-it’ notes in the Will Self archive
'My books begin life in notebooks, then they move on to Post-it notes, the Post-its go up on the walls of the room […] short story ideas, tropes, metaphors, gags, characters, etc. When I'm working on a book, the Post-its come down off the wall and go into scrapbooks.’ (‘Writers'...Beckett, Chris
literature, Contemporary Britain, manuscripts, and new collection items
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Blog post
Archive of Joan Bakewell joins the British Library’s Contemporary Archives Collections
Joan Bakewell’s autobiography, The Centre of the Bed (2003), begins in a white room – a room as white as ‘a fresh sheet of paper’ – at the top of the house in which she has lived for many years. Boxes and packets of papers long-forgotten have been retrieved from...Beckett, Chris
literature, television, Contemporary Britain, manuscripts, and archival research
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Research report
UK Web Archive Statistics September 2017 Quarterly Report
This document replaces our monthly “Web Archiving Statistics” report. Following a review of the monthly report, and in consultation with stakeholders, the new document aims to convey a clearer, more narrative account of our web archiving statistics, reflecting key figures such as growth in our curated titles and usage of...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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Research report
UK Web Archive Statistics December 2017 Quarterly Report
This document replaces our monthly “Web Archiving Statistics” report and is the second report in this new format. Following a review of the monthly report, and in consultation with stakeholders, the new document aims to convey a clearer, more narrative account of our web archiving statistics, reflecting key figures such...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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Blog post
Shubbak 2017: contemporary Arab culture at the British Library
The biennial Shubbak Festival returns to London this year between 1st and 16th July with a range of exciting and engaging events on contemporary Arab culture, with an array of literary events taking place once again at the British Library.Lowe, Daniel
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Journal article
Connecting the Persistent Identifier Ecosystem: Building the Technical and Human Infrastructure for Open Research
The persistent identifier (PID) landscape extends to cover objects, individuals and organisations engaged in the process of research. Established services such as DataCite, Crossref, ORCID and ISNI are providing a foundation for a trusted ecosystem and a new generation of services. Scalable identifier systems will support researchers and capture research...Dappert, Angela ; Farquhar, Adam ; Kotarski, Rachael ; Hewlett, Kirstie
persistent identifiers, research infrastructure, interoperable services, scholarly communication, and data citation
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Database
Siddham: the South Asia Inscriptions Database
The Siddham database is a resource for the study of inscriptions from South and Central Asia. The project focuses on the period of the Guptas (circa 320 to 550), a pivotal moment in the history of Asia, marked by an astonishing florescence in every field of endeavour. The Gupta kingdom...Rees, Gethin ; van Schaik, Sam ; Balogh, Danièl
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Dataset
Early Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries Of The Western Ghats: Locations
CSV files containing locations of early Buddhist rock-cut monasteries in the Western Ghats and Konkan coast regions of India. Only the caves cut between second century BCE and the early fifth century CE are included: from the earliest period of cutting up until just prior to the introduction of the...Rees, Gethin
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Early Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries Of The Western Ghats: Caves And Sculptures
CSV files containing basic information on early Buddhist rock-cut monasteries in the Western Ghats and Konkan coast regions of India. Only the caves cut between second century BCE and the early fifth century CE are included: from the earliest period of cutting up until just prior to the introduction of...Rees, Gethin
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Dataset
Mapping Jewish Communities Of The Byzantine Empire
The aim of the project was to map the Jewish presence in the Byzantine empire using GIS (Geographical Information Systems). All references (published and unpublished) to Jewish communities in the Byzantine Empire were gathered and collated. The data were incorporated in a GIS which will be made freely available to...Rees, Gethin ; Lange, Nicholas De ; Panayotov, Alexander ; Palm, Fredrik
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Software
epidoc-headers
Python script to create TEI epidoc headers created as part of Mapping the Jewish Communities of the Byzantine Empire using GIS project.Rees, Gethin
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Blog post
Calcutta to Bihar: an artist's journey
As part of the Visual Arts collections at the British Library, we hold an extensive collection of drawings, sketches and watercolours by amateur British and European artists who travelled through the Indian subcontinent. In 2015, we acquired a wonderful little sketchbook, measuring a mere 80 x 204 mm, by an...Roy, Malini
Hinduism, South Asia, art, visual arts, and Islam
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Blog post
East India Company headquarters on Leadenhall Street
BBC One’s new period drama Taboo with actor Tom Hardy follows the story of James Keziah Delaney and his encounters with the East India Company. As the headquarters of the East India Company on Leadenhall Street was demolished in 1861 which is the present day site of Lloyds of London,...Roy, Malini
trade, South Asia, art, and visual arts
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Learning object
الحبر الخفي: اعتراض البريد في الحرب العالمية الثانية
خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية، صدرت وعُممت تعليمات سرية إلى الوكلاء السياسيين في البحرين والكويت ومسقط تتعلق باعتراض البريد المار عبر الخليج. في أغسطس ١٩٣٩، صدَّقت حكومة الهند - التي كانت تترقب اندلاع الحرب في أوروبا - على اعتراض البريد في الخليج لإجراء أنشطة تتعلق بالفحص والرقابة. فتم تعيين ثلاثة موظفين...Lowe, Daniel
الرقابة, الحرب العالمية الثانية (١٩٣٩-١٩٤٥), وسائل الاتصال, and الخليج العربي
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Learning object
Invisible Ink: Intercepting Post in Second World War
During WWII, secret instructions for the interception of post passing through the Gulf were circulated to Political Agents in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. In August 1939, anticipating the outbreak of war in Europe, the Government of India sanctioned the interception of post for examination and censorship in the Gulf. Three...Lowe, Daniel
communication methods, Second World War (1939-1945), censorship, and Persian Gulf
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Editorial
Editorial
The digital revolution brought about marked changes in the way that libraries and archives achieve their mandates. Particularly at a national level, technology has changed working practices within memory organisations to deliver efficiencies in processing content and increasing access. Technology has changed the very way we manage and provide access...Pennock, Maureen ; Coufal, Libor
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Presentation
Webs Of Life And Data: Impacts Of Open And Networked Data On Scientific Practices In Biodiversity Studies (Draft DPhil Research Proposal)
A presentation of my doctoral (DPhil) research topic at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, on Nov. 22, 2017. This is an early-stage presentation outlining the context of my research, which will investigate the impacts of open and networked data derived from digital natural history collections, on scientific practices...Stewart, Sarah A.
data management, museums, research data lifecycle, science and technology studies, biodiversity, digital collections, internet studies, DPhil, knowledge, and data
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Book chapter
The West Bank and East Jerusalem Archaeological Database: Narratives of Archaeology and Archaeological Practices
Since their occupation in 1967, the West Bank and East Jerusalem have been subject to extensive archaeological surveys and excavations, carried out mostly by Israeli archaeologists. Data on thousands of surveyed and excavated archaeological sites has been compiled into one comprehensive source of information, the West Bank and East Jerusalem...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
survey methodology, database, Israel/Palestine, GIS, West Bank and East Jerusalem Archaeological Database, and WBEJAD
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Book chapter
Tractarian theology in verse and sermon
This chapter explores the role of poetry and sermons in propagating Tractarian theological ideas. The use of these two distinct genres was closely connected to the principle of reserve, a theory of knowledge holding that religious truth ought to be conveyed in accordance with the recipient’s ability to receive it....Boneham, John
biblical commentaries, sermons, Tracts for the Times, reserve, poetry, and preaching
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Book chapter
The contributions of family and local historians to British history online
Community history projects across Britain have collected and created images, indexes and transcriptions of historical documents ranging from newspaper articles and photographs, to wills and biographical records. Based on analysis of community- and institutionally-led participatory history sites, and interviews with family and local historians, this chapter discusses common models for...Ridge, Mia
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Journal article
New Approaches to Subject Indexing at the British Library
The constantly changing metadata landscape means that libraries need to re-think their approach to standards and subject analysis, to enable the discovery of vast areas of both print and digital content. This article presents a case study from the British Library that assesses the feasibility of adopting FAST (Faceted Application...Ashton, Janet ; Kent, Caroline
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Book
The British Library Stefan Zweig Collection: Catalogue of the Literary and Historical Manuscripts
One of the most significant donations ever made to the British Library, the Stefan Zweig Collection comprises over two hundred remarkable items assembled by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) and his heirs. Richly varied in form and content, it offers deep insights into European culture and history over several...British Library
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Book
Human Dignity: a way of living
Dignity is humanity’s most prized possession. We experience the loss of dignity as a terrible humiliation: when we lose our dignity we feel deprived of something without which life no longer seems worth living. But what exactly is this trait that we value so highly?In this important new book, distinguished...Bieri, Peter
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Book
Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats
This guidebook focuses on the rock-cut Buddhist monasteries near Nashik and Junnar, and at Karla, Bhaja, Bedsa, Kondane and Kanheri, all in western Maharashtra. These magnificent shrines and dwellings, known as chaityas and viharas, were cut into the basalt cliffs of the Western Ghats more than 2,000 years ago. They...Michell, George ; Rees, Gethin
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Book
Quality Assurance Guide for the UK Web Archive: An introduction to reviewing the quality of archived websites through ACT
This guidebook contains strategies that can be used to support Quality Assurance (QA) undertaken with the UK Web Archive’s Annotation Curation Tool (ACT). The guide has several aims: to provide an introduction to web archiving generally and to the UK Web Archive in particular; to provide hints and tips on...Bingham, Nicola ; Byrne, Helena
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Research report
An Oral History of the Electricity Supply Industry in the UK Final Report
The end of project report for the National Life Stories oral history project An Oral History of the Electricity Supply Industry in the UK, summarising the findings and outcomes of the project.National Life Stories
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Book
The Harlem Renaissance: A selective guide to materials at the British Library (revised)
The rich surge in African American arts and letters that took place in 1920s was not limited to Harlem, nor even to New York City. However, the intensity of the movement in that city, and the sheer number of black writers, musicians, and scholars who lived and worked in Harlem...Petrovic, Jean
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Dataset
SherlockNet data
Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Explore Over 400 Years of Book Illustrations: Starting from February 2016, as part of the British Library Labs Competition, we embarked on a collaboration with the British Library Labs and the British Museum to tag and caption the entire British Library 1M Collection, a set...Zhao, Luda ; Do, Brian ; Wang, Karen
tagging, Flickr, images, tags, digitised, Microsoft, sherlocknet, and books
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Dataset
Italian Academies Project Database XML Records
Italian Academies 1525-1700 metadata.This dataset comprises 8598 XML records representing 587 Academies, 7100 people and 911 works. Some of the XML files in this dataset contain links to images, which are available in the Italian Academies Project Database Images dataset: https://doi.org/10.21250/iad2 XML nodes with the 'ImageId' attribute contain the filename...Gianfrancesco, Lorenza ; Testa, Simone ; Everson, Jane ; Reidy, Dennis ; Sampson, Lisa …
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Persian
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Persian card catalogues (1921-1976).British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Sinhalese
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Sinhalese card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Chinese (Pinyin)
This dataset contains digitised cards from the Pinyin card catalogue.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Gujurati
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Gujurati card catalogues (1909-1983)British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Nepali
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Nepali card catalogues (1958-1977).British Library
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 26938 - Add MS 9398
This dataset comprises 35 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1816; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 26938 - Add MS 9398). These manuscripts are out of copyright. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2406 - Or 2509
This dataset comprises 41 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1300 - 1799; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2406 - Or 2509). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 9399 - Harley MS 5708
This dataset comprises 27 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1499; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 9399 - Harley MS 5708). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Harley 5772 to Or 14580
This dataset comprises 42 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1871), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Harley 5772 - Or 14580). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and...Cronin, Catherine
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Punjabi
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Punjabi card catalogues (1961-1983).British Library
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AAS Card Catalogues: Arabic
This dataset contains digitised cards from the Arabic card catalogue.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: South Asian Minor Languages
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of South Asian Minor Language card catalogues.British Library
AAS, Minor Languages, catalogue, card, and South Asian
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Dataset
AAs Card Catalogues: Assamese
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Assamese card catalogues (1904-1977).British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Marathai
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Marathai card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Kannada
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Kannada card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Sindhi
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Sindhi card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Turkish
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Turkish card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 10456 - Add MS 17058
This dataset comprises 25 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1599), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 10456 - Add MS 17058). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 18229 - Add MS 26897
This dataset comprises 27 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1799; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 18229 - Add MS 26897). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2626 - Or 6425
This dataset comprises 43 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (920 - 1845; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2626 - Or 6425). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2365 - Or 2405
This dataset comprises 27 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1867; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2365 - Or 2405). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Bengali
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Bengali card catalogues (1920-1983).British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Malayalam
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Malayalam card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Urdu
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Urdu card catalogues (1900-1974).British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Chinese (Wade Giles)
This dataset contains digitised cards from the Wade-Giles card catalogue.British Library
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Dataset
India Office Medical Archives samples (printed)
This dataset comprises 15 samples of digitised India Office Medical Archives on cholera and medical topography. All Open Government Licence. These PDF files relate to cholera and medical topography in British India and can be used for teaching, study, etc.Moon, Antonia
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Dravidian Minor Languages
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Dravidian Minor Language card catalogues.British Library
AAS, Minor Languages, Dravidian, catalogue, and card
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 5242 to Arundel Or 50
This dataset comprises 22 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1799), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 5242 to Arundel Or 50). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...King, Ellie
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Metadata
This dataset contains metadata (TEI XML catalogue records) of all British Library digitised Hebrew manuscripts. These TEI XML files can be opened and manipulated using an XML editor.Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 1103 - Or 2201
This dataset comprises 46 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1250 - 1699; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 1103 - Or 2201). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2510 - Or 2588
This dataset comprises 40 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (900 - 1747; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2510 - Or 2588). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2210 - Or 2364
This dataset comprises 21 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1000 - 1655; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2210 - Or 2364). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Harley MS 5709 - Or 11016
This dataset comprises 25 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1699; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Harley MS 5709 - Or 11016). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add Ch 1250 to Or 11625
This dataset comprises 78 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1182 - 1895), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add Ch 1250 to Or 11625). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image...Cronin, Catherine
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Tamil
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Tamil card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Sanskrit
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Sanskrit card catalogues (1926-1983).British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Malay and Indonesian
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Malay and Indonesian card catalogues.British Library
AAS, catalogue, card, Indonesian, and Malay
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Oriya
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Oriya card catalogues (1904-1983).British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Thai
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Thai card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Coptic
This dataset contains digitised cards from the Coptic card catalogue.British Library
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Dataset
Digitised maps of the former British East Africa
This dataset comprises 581 images of maps of the former British East Africa created between 1890 and 1940 and a spreadsheet of related catalogue records. All Open Government Licence v1.0 (OGL). A user-friendly geographical search index of the maps is available on Google Maps. These JPEG files were converted from...Dykes, Nick
War Office Archive, documents, Intelligence, Uganda, East Africa, British East Africa, Maps, Military maps, and Kenya
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Dataset
India Office Medical Archives samples (small)
This dataset comprises 2 samples of digitised India Office Medical Archives on cholera and medical topography (one manuscript and one printed item). All Open Government Licence. These files relate to cholera and medical topography in British India and can be used for teaching, study, etc.Moon, Antonia
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add 10455 to Or 1099
This dataset comprises 39 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1799), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add 10455 - Or 1099). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and...Cronin, Catherine
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 46 to Sloane 2642
This dataset comprises 35 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1000 - 1899), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 46 - Sloane 2642). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and...Cronin, Catherine
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
India Office Medical Archives samples (manuscripts)
This dataset comprises 13 samples of digitised India Office Medical Archives on cholera and medical topography. All Open Government Licence.Moon, Antonia
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 63 - Or 9882
This dataset comprises 35 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (0900 - 1899), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 63 - Or 9882). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Hindi
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Hindi card catalogues (1903-1983)British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Telugu
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Telugu card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
AAS Card Catalogues: Armenian
This dataset contains digitised microfilms of Armenian card catalogues.British Library
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Digitised Cornaro Atlas. Egerton MS 73
This dataset comprises 37 images from a Portolano executed by different Venetian artists between 1489 and 1492, known as the 'Cornaro Atlas'. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Due to UK copyright law they are technically in copyright until 2039. However, given the...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Single Sheets and Supplementary Materials
This dataset comprises 30 images selected among individual maps and non-map based medieval materials such as travel accounts. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Due to UK copyright law they are technically in copyright until 2039. However, given the age of the manuscripts...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Liber insularum Cycladum. Arundel MS 93.art.7
This dataset comprises 45 images from the Liber insularum Cycladum produced by Christophori Bondelmonti around 1422. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Due to UK copyright law they are technically in copyright until 2039. However, given the age of the manuscripts and their...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Portolano. Egerton MS 2855
This dataset comprises 7 images from a Portolano produced in 1473 by Grazioso Benincasa. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Update – 9/3/2018: Please note that there were technical issues with this dataset. If you downloaded before 9/3/2018, please replace with this repaired...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Digitised Liber insularum Arcipelagi Cotton MS Vespasian a.XIII.art.1
This dataset comprises 82 images from the Liber insularum Arcipegelagi, an illustrated account of the islands and major ports of the Mediterranean produced by Christophori Bondelmonti around 1422. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Due to UK copyright law they are technically in...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Digitised Insularium Illustratum. Additional MS 15760
This dataset comprises 123 images from the Insularium Illustratum, an account of the islands of the Mediterranean, and of some others produced by Henricus Martellus Germanus in 1495. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Due to UK copyright law they are technically in...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Dataset
Pelagios Project: Maps after Ptolemy's Geographia. Burney MS 111
This dataset comprises 68 images from a Greek manuscript edition of Ptolemy's Geography containing many diagrams and coloured maps, and produced between the 1375 and 1425. The digitisation was sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation through the Pelagios Project. Due to UK copyright law they are technically in copyright until...British Library
XML, medieval, metadata, manuscripts, and maps
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Research report
Academic Books and their Future. A Report to the AHRC and the British Library
The aim in this report is to provide an account of perspectives from three key stakeholder groups—publishers, libraries, and intermediaries in the supply chain for academic books—and to highlight some key issues that arise from those different perspectives. A central set of perspectives is of course missing here, that of...Jubb, Michael
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Research report
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