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2022
Research report
Locating a National Collection (LaNC) Final Report
Locating a National Collection helps cultural heritage organisations to use geographical information — such as where objects were made and used or the locations they depict and describe — to connect collections and engage the public. Through workshops, audience research and software development the project has developed a set of...Rees, Gethin ; Gadd, Stephen ; Horgan, John ; Hunt, Alex ; Isaksen, Leif …
geographical information, research data, location, cultural heritage organisations, collections, and digital records
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2022
Research report
East and Southeast Asians in the UK Collection Scoping Document
The aim of this special collection is twofold: 1) to capture and record the recent anti-racist political mobilisation by people of East and Southeast Asian ethnicities and backgrounds in the UK; 2) to preserve the digital traces of the history and lived experiences of these diverse and dynamic individuals and...Ma, Xiao
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2022
Research report
Skills, Tools, and Knowledge Ecologies in Web Archive Research
This study is part of a collaborative project by researchers from Maynooth University, the British Library, the International Internet Preservation Consortium, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, and the University of Siegen. The research team are all members of Web ARChive studies network researching web domains and events (WARCnet). The study focuses on individuals...Healy, Sharon ; Byrne, Helena ; Schmid, Katharina ; Bingham, Nicola ; Holownia, Olga …
web archiving and WARCnet
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2022
Research report
Scoping Skills and Developing Training Programme for Managing Repository Services in Cultural Heritage Organisations
The objectives of this study are to frame open research skills and competencies for cultural heritage professionals by identifying their needs and requirements, and to design a training programme that will be easily utilised by those cultural heritage organisations (and specifically those that are IROs) seeking to establish or expand...Holt, Ilkay ; Miles, Susan ; Marples, Alice ; Kaur, Kirrn ; Cope, Jez …
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2022
Research report
Intersectional Taxonomies: Current to Future Use (V.2)
The methodology below has enabled the author to examine the applied structures of metadata currently employed throughout the Repository Shared layer, as well as with in each partner’s live environment, as well as gain a look and feel of the current UX experience of the Research Repository. 1. Page visits...Kelleher, Ashley
cultural heritage, shared repository service, GLAM, and taxonomies
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2022
Research report
Intersectional Taxonomies: Current and Future Practice (V.1)
This research project has been divided into two phases of completion, the first resulting in V.1 of a Research deck to be shared on Monday, 11 July, and the second, with a written Project report, including Literature review and Bibliography, informing V.2 of the deck to be delivered Monday, the...Kelleher, Ashley
cultural heritage, shared repository service, GLAM, and taxonomies
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2022
Research report
Library Dispersal and Acquisition: Links Between the British Library and National Trust
In September 2021 the first round of collaborative Doctoral Fellowships was announced by the British Library and the National Trust. The first round was to consist of two fellowships: “‘Creative Networks and Authors’ Houses’: Links Between the British Library and National Trust” and “Library Dispersal and Acquisition: Links Between the...Blair, Laura
Oxburgh Hall, acquisitions, British Library, Kedleston Hall, Dyrham Park, Blickling Hall, National Trust, Ham House, Belton House, dispersals, and collaborative Doctoral Fellowship
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2022
Research report
New Approaches to Colonial History using British Library Resources: Reflections from a Three-Month Placement
In this report, I hope to have conveyed a sense of the vast potential for exploring the history and legacies of European colonialism through the British Library’s collections. The material from colonial contexts ranges from maps and stamps to Endangered Archives sources and rare ephemera. These sources do not just...Hanna, Rory
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2018
Research report
UK Web Archive Annual Report April 2017- March 2018
The UK Web Archive (UKWA) collects websites by two distinct methods. Curators and other authorised people select individual targets (URLs) using the Annotation and Curation Tool (W3ACT). This selection is on-going throughout the year but is of relatively low volume (thousands of websites). In addition, UKWA conducts an ‘Annual Domain...UK Web Archive
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2022
Research report
Alfred Cort Haddon 1898 Expedition (Torres Strait and British New Guinea) Cylinder Collection (C80) – Torres Strait Islands cylinders Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the Torres Strait Islands cylinders within the British Library’s Alfred Cort Haddon 1898 Expedition (Torres Strait and British New Guinea) Cylinder Collection (C80). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between August 2019 and August... -
2022
Research report
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Collection 2022 Scoping Document
This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, 2022. In 2022, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 70th year as monarch. This occasion will be commemorated across the United Kingdom with a variety of events such as tree planting, street parties,...Major, Daniela
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2022
Research report
UKWA ‘Sustainable Development and Wales’ Collection Scoping Document
This document aims to establish the scope of the thematic website collection ‘Sustainable Development and Wales’ as part of the UK Legal Libraries Non-Print Legal Deposit collection building. The working title for the collection is ‘Sustainable Development and Wales’.Betts, Aled
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2022
Research report
Alfred Cort Haddon 1898 Expedition (Torres Strait and British New Guinea) Cylinder Collection (C80) – British New Guinea cylinders Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the British New Guinea cylinders within the British Library’s Alfred Cort Haddon 1898 Expedition (Torres Strait and British New Guinea) Cylinder Collection (C80). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June... -
2022
Research report
Thomas Edge-Partington 1909-1914 British Solomon Islands Protectorate Cylinder Collection (C83) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the Thomas Edge-Partington 1909-1914 British Solomon Islands Protectorate Cylinder Collection, which is part of the British Library’s Royal Anthropological Institute Cylinder Collection (C83). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June... -
2022
Research report
WHR Rivers and Arthur M Hocart 1908, New Georgia group, British Solomon Islands Protectorate Cylinder Collection (C108) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the British Library’s WHR Rivers and Arthur M Hocart 1908, New Georgia group, British Solomon Islands Protectorate Cylinder Collection (C108). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June 2022. The document... -
2022
Research report
John Layard 1914-1915 Atchin, New Hebrides Cylinder Collection (C177) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the British Library’s John Layard 1914-1915 Atchin, New Hebrides Cylinder Collection (C177). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June 2022. The document contains information about the recording context and recording...Barnecutt, Vicky
John Layard, True Echoes, Vanuatu, World and Traditional Music, New Hebrides, Oceania, Malakula, ethnographic field recording, wax cylinder, and phonograph
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2022
Research report
Eric Raff 1924 Efate, New Hebrides Cylinder Collection (C83) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the Eric Raff 1924 Efate, New Hebrides Cylinder Collection, which is part of the British Library’s Royal Anthropological Institute Cylinder Collection (C83). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June 2022.... -
2022
Research report
Paul Montague 1914 Gondé, New Caledonia Cylinder Collection (C671) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the British Library’s Paul Montague 1914 Gondé, New Caledonia Cylinder Collection (C671). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June 2022. The document contains information about the recording context and recording...Barnecutt, Vicky
True Echoes, World and Traditional Music, New Caledonia, phonograph, Paul Montague, ethnographic field recording, wax cylinder, Oceania, and Gondé
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2022
Research report
Bronislaw Malinowski 1915-1918 Trobriand Islands, Territory of Papua Cylinder Collection (C46) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the British Library’s Bronislaw Malinowski 1915-1918 Trobriand Islands, Territory of Papua Cylinder Collection (C46). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June 2022. The document contains information about the recording context... -
2022
Research report
Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1904 Cylinder Collection (C62) Research Document
This research document contains the results of historical research conducted on the British Library’s Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1904 Cylinder Collection (C62). This research was done as part of the True Echoes project between July 2019 and June 2022. The document contains information about the recording context...Barnecutt, Vicky ; Niles, Don
world and traditional music, phonograph, British New Guinea, True Echoes, wax cylinder, Charles G Seligmann, Papua New Guinea, and Daniels Ethnographical Expedition
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2022
Research report
British Library Research Report 2020–21
This fifth annual research report has a particular emphasis on digital research, with features on crowdsourcing, international collaborations in digital scholarship and digitising our collections. A highlight this year was the return of exhibitions at our St Pancras site in London. You can read about the research that informed three...British Library
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2019
Research report
Bunnyfoot British Library Emerging Formats Report
Bunnyfoot undertook an exploratory study for the British Library to investigate users’ perspectives on the preservation and use of Emerging Formats in the Library context. These findings are intended to help inform requirements for the collection, preservation, discovery and use of these materials at legal deposit libraries.Tope, Andrew ; Kayukala, Mila
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2022
Research report
Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Collection Scoping Document
This document aims to establish the scope of the web archive collection for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow. The proposed collection has been given the working title “Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014". Collection of internet sites relating to the XX Commonwealth Games which were held in Glasgow, Scotland,...MacGlone, Eilidh
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2021
Report
Locating a National Collection/Research Bods quantitative findings summary
The National Trust and The British Library, along with several cultural heritage partners, commissioned an audience research project to inform the development of an online history and heritage platform to provide broader access to the wealth of artefacts and resources from across the entire network of information providers. This slide...Strachan, Peter
Geography, Cultural Heritage, Audience Research, Location, and Quantitative
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2021
Report
Locating a National Collection/Research Bods qualitative findings summary
The National Trust and The British Library, along with several cultural heritage partners, commissioned an audience research project to inform the development of an online history and heritage platform to provide broader access to the wealth of artefacts and resources from across the entire network of information providers. This report...Horgan, John
Geography, Cultural Heritage, Audience Research, Location, and Qualitative
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2022
Research report
British Library Research Report 2019-20
It will come as no surprise that the impacts of a global pandemic on our research activities are a major theme of this, our fourth, annual Research Report. Regular readers will know that our reports reflect the breadth of research undertaken by our staff, students, fellows and collaborators during the...British Library
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2021
Report
Archiving Social Media Workshop Two (June 2019)
The workshop was organised by the British Library Web Archiving Team with support from Maja Maricevic, Head of Higher Education at the British Library on Monday 10th June 2019. The participants at the workshop were a mix of academic researchers, postgraduate research students and information professionals from the British Library,...UK Web Archive
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2021
Report
Archiving Social Media Workshop One (July 2018)
The workshop was organised by the British Library Web Archiving Team with support from Maja Maricevic, Head of Higher Education at the British Library on Monday 16th July, 2019. The participants at the workshop were a mix of academic researchers and information professionals from the British Library, The National Archives...UK Web Archive
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2021
Research report
Publisher Submission Portal User Survey Report – December 2021
The Publisher Submission Portal is a tool that can be used to deposit born digital publications to the British Library, and other legal deposit libraries, to fufil obligations under legal deposit law. The Portal is designed for use by small publishers, defined as producing 50 or fewer publications per year....Hazell, Lottie
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2021
Research report
Quality Assurance in the New Media Writing Prize Collection
The UK Web Archive is an online repository for UK based websites. Managed by the six UK Legal Deposit Libraries—the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University, Cambridge University Libraries, and the Trinity College, Dublin—the UK Web Archive's chief...Pyke, Tegan
British Library PhD placement, web archiving, digital storytelling, New Media Writing Prize, digital preservation, and Emerging Formats
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2020
Research report
Data Study Group Final Report: Smart monitoring for conservation areas
WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) monitors over 250,000 protected areas (e.g. national parks and nature reserves) and thousands of other sites and critical habitats. These sites are the foundation of global natural assets and are central to the preservation of biodiversity and human well-being. Unfortunately, they face increasing pressures... -
2021
Policy report
British Library Persistent Identifier Policy
The purpose of this policy is to outline the approach to the use of identifiers and persistent identifiers (PIDs) in internal and external facing British Library systems, to define a consistent set of requirements for PIDs to use when managing and developing services and to articulate the responsibilities in applying...British Library
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2021
Research report
Living with Machines Delivery Plan version 1, 2019
Living with Machines is a five-year collaborative project. It aims to generate new perspectives on the effects of the mechanisation of labour on the lives of ordinary people in Britain during the 'long nineteenth century' (c.1780-1918), by developing computational and historical techniques and research questions for working with historical sources....Ahnert, Ruth ; Beavan, David ; Colavizza, Giovanni ; Farquhar, Adam ; Griffin, Emma …
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2021
Research report
UK Web Archive Annual Report April 2020 - March 2021
The UK Web Archive is a shared resource and collaborative activity of the six UK legal deposit libraries. Since April 2013 it has been a cornerstone of our collecting under legal deposit. This report covers an exceptional year, which has highlighted the strengths, resilience and adaptability of staff across the...UK Web Archive
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2021
Research report
UK Retail Industry: Scoping Document
This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the UK Legal Libraries Non-Print Legal Deposit collection building. The proposed collection has been given the working title ““The UK retail industry: changes on the high street””. The objective is to preserve those web...Mattos, Lola
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2021
Research report
UK Company Websites: Scoping Document
This document aims to establish the scope of a website collection initiated as part of the UK Legal Deposit Libraries Non-Print Legal Deposit collection building activity. The collection has been given the working title “UK Company Websites”. It aims to establish a rationale for collecting websites of UK companies of...Corsini, Tony
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2021
Research report
Persistent Identifiers at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
This case study provides an overview of the use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). RBGE delivers plant science, conservation and education programmes that are underpinned by the world-class RBGE Collections, comprising a Living Collection, a Herbarium collection and Library and Archive collections. Within the...Madden, Frances ; Mitchell, Lorna
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2021
Technical report
Supporting documents for selected '14-18 NOW' project websites in the UK Web Archive
This series of PDFs was created by Anisa Hawes, independent researcher and archivist, to accompany a collection of archived websites produced for the '14-18 NOW' project, by the Imperial War Museum between 2018 and 2019. The PDFs provide metadata and contextual information to support navigation of the archived websites, which...Hawes, Anisa
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2021
Research report
New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) Collection Scoping Document
This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the CDAS Emerging Formats work. This collection has been given the working title “New Media Writing Prize Collection”. The New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) was established in the UK in 2010 by Bournemouth University,...Rossi, Giulia Carla
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2021
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2021
Research report
Locating a National Collection interim report
Interim report for Locating a National Collection project funded by AHRC part of the Towards a National Collection programme. Locating a National Collection (LaNC) helps cultural heritage organisations to use location data — such as where objects were made and used or the places they depict and describe — to...Vitale, Valeria ; Rees, Gethin
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2021
Research report
Persistent Identifiers at the Natural History Museum
This report describes the use of identifiers and persistent identifiers (PIDs) at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London. The NHM is a visitor attraction and international science centre for natural history collections. It has an extensive research programme and employs approximately 300 research scientists. It is in the midst of...Madden, Frances ; Woodburn, Matt
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2021
Research report
Practice Research - Report 1: What is practice research? and Report 2: How can practice research be shared?
Practice research has a history stretching as far back as the earliest human experiments: practice is a method of discovering and sharing new findings about the world that surrounds us. In recent years, scholarly communication has undergone a series of changes that have led to a broadening of the landscape...Bulley, James ; Şahin, Özden
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2019
Research report
UKWA Interim Statistics Report Second Quarter 2019
This is the second Web Archiving Statistics Quarterly Report for 2019/2020. It is our intention to distribute this report quarterly (July, October, January, and April) with a more comprehensive report at the end of the financial year. The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) statistics have also been included thanks to...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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2019
Research report
UKWA Interim Statistics Report Third Quarter 2019
This is the third Web Archiving Statistics Quarterly Report for 2019/2020. It is our intention to distribute this report quarterly (July, October, January, and April) with a more comprehensive report at the end of the financial year. The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) statistics have also been included thanks to...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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2019
Research report
UKWA Interim Statistics Report First Quarter 2019
This is the first Web Archiving Statistics Quarterly Report for 2019/2020. It is our intention to distribute this report quarterly (July, October, January, and April) with a more comprehensive report at the end of the financial year. The Hadoop Distributed File System statistics have also been included thanks to Andrew...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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2018
Research report
UKWA Interim Report Third Quarter 2018
This is the third instalment of the Web Archiving Statistics Quarterly Report 2018/2019. Following a review of the previous format of the monthly report, and in consultation with stakeholders, this document aims to convey a clearer, more narrative account of our web archiving statistics, reflecting key figures such as growth...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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2018
Research report
UKWA Interim Report Second Quarter 2018
This is the second instalment of the Web Archiving Statistics Quarterly Report. Following a review of the previous format of the monthly report, and in consultation with stakeholders, this document aims to convey a clearer, more narrative account of our web archiving statistics, reflecting key figures such as growth in...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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2018
Research report
UKWA Interim Statistics Report First Quarter 2018
Covering months: April, May and June (2018).Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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2017
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