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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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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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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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Linked Open British National Bibliography - Books. 1950- N-Triples and RDF/XML.
This dataset includes metadata for books published or distributed in the UK since 1950.Deliot, Corine
British National Bibliography, BNB, NT, linked open data, RDF/XML, N-Triples, books, and metadata
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 07 Jan 2015 – 10 Jan 2015
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured October 2014 – 6 February 2015; Keystroke files: 07/01/2015 – 10/01/2015.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the...Taylor, C M
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 1389 to Sloane MS 3173
This dataset comprises 32 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1899), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 1389 to Sloane MS 3173). 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...King, Ellie
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 07 Jan 2015 – 09 Feb 2015
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured October 2014 – 9 February 2015; Keystroke files: 07/01/2015 – 09/02/2015.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the...Taylor, C M
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 07 Jan 2015 – 04 Feb 2015
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured October 2014 – 4 February 2015; Keystroke files: 07/01/2015 – 04/02/2015.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the...Taylor, C M
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 74 to Stowe Ch 297
This dataset comprises 32 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1000 - 1903), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 74 to Stowe Ch 297). 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...King, Ellie
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2518 to Or 5834
This dataset comprises 33 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (900 - 1899), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2518 to Or 5834). 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...King, Ellie
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 17 Oct 2014 – 07 Nov 2014
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured October 2014; Keystroke files: 17/10/2014 – 07/11/2014. This data was created using keylogging software Spectre Pro (SpectreSoft) installed on a dedicated IBM Thinkpad laptop and then exported as TXT and RTF files. They can be used...Taylor, C M
TXT, literary, novel, RTF, and keylogging
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Linked Appeals Data
The dataset in this collection contains Linked Data about appeal cases heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council between 1860 and 1998. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the final court of appeal for British overseas territories and Crown dependencies, as well as ecclesiastical and...Middle, Sarah
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Digitised Quarterly Lists XML and Metadata
Two Centuries of Indian Print 1867-1947. The files in this dataset are derived from the British Library’s collection of bound volume Quarterly Lists: printed catalogue records of Indian books published quarterly and by province of British India between 1867 and 1947. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised...Derrick, Tom
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 27 Mar 2017 – 05 Mar 2018
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured March 2017 – March 2018; Keystroke files: 27/03/2017 – 05/03/2018.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the individual...Taylor, C M
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 27 Oct 2016 – 05 Jan 2017
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured October 2016 – January 2017; Keystroke files: 27/10/2016 – 05/01/2017.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the individual...Taylor, C M
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UK Doctoral Thesis Metadata from EThOS
This dataset has been superseded by a more recent version: https://doi.org/10.23636/1137 If you require access to an earlier version, please email openaccess@bl.uk, including the dataset title, date, and DOI in your request. The data in this collection comprises the bibliographic metadata for all UK doctoral theses listed in EThOS, the UK's national thesis service. We...British Library ; Rosie, Heather
ethos, dissertations, thesis, research, PhD, doctoral, student, UK, theses, Higher education, and HE
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Linked Open British National Bibliography - Forthcoming Books N-Triples and RDF/XML
This dataset includes metadata for forthcoming books to be published or distributed in the UK.Deliot, Corine
British National Bibliography, forthcoming, linked open data, BNB, N-Triples, RDF/XML, NT, CIP, and metadata
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Linked Open British National Bibliography - Serials. 1950- N-Triples and RDF/XML
This dataset includes metadata for serials published or distributed in the UK since 1950.Deliot, Corine
British National Bibliography, serials, linked open data, BNB, N-Triples, RDF/XML, NT, and metadata
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 17 April 2016 – 22 July 2016
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured April – May 2016; Keystroke files: 17/04/2016 – 22/07/2016.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the individual captures...Taylor, C M
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 27169 to Or 12983
This dataset comprises 21 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1899), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 27169 to Or 12983). 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...King, Ellie
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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UK Doctoral Thesis Metadata from EThOS
This dataset has been superseded by a more recent version: https://doi.org/10.23636/1137 If you require access to an earlier version, please email openaccess@bl.uk, including the dataset title, date, and DOI in your request. The data in this collection comprises the bibliographic metadata for all UK doctoral theses listed in EThOS, the UK's national thesis service. We...British Library ; Rosie, Heather
Higher education, dissertations, HE, research, doctoral, student, UK, theses, ethos, and thesis
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C M Taylor Keylogging Data: 07 Jan 2015 – 30 Jan 2015
This dataset is comprised of keylogging data from the author C M Taylor captured October 2014 – 30 January 2015; Keystroke files: 07/01/2015 – 30/01/2015.The dataset is comprised of screenshots and keystroke logs. The screenshots are saved individually as JPGs and BMPs as well as an AVI file, so the...Taylor, C M
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Italian Academies Project Database Images
Italian Academies 1525-1700 images. This dataset comprises 1084 image files in JPEG format. The images include emblems, portraits and title pages for academies, people and works. The XML metadata associated with these images contains references to their file names: https://doi.org/10.21250/iad1Gianfrancesco, Lorenza ; Testa, Simone ; Everson, Jane ; Reidy, Dennis ; Sampson, Lisa …
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Early German Bookbindings in the British Library
This dataset comprises approx. 650 records relating to mainly early printed books (and some manuscripts) in the British Library that have bookbindings from Germany or German influenced or speaking regions. Most were bound from 15c to 17c. Workshops have been identified using standard online and printed resources (see separate document...Marks, P. J. M.
finishing tools, tools, blind tooled, workshop, leather, blind tooled bookbinding, pigskin binding, Einbanddatenbank, German binding, Kyriss, calf, Schwenke/Schunke, and bookbinding
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Software Citation workshop panel session voting data
This data was captured from an interactive panel discussion session at the Software Citation workshop at the British Library on Monday 13 June. The audience were asked to vote on a series of questions via Mentimeter, with the panel (and audience members) then discussing the results. Mentimeter allows export of...Chue Hong, Neil ; Johnson, Jon ; Whitaker, Kirstie ; Madden, Frances
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Books divided by Genre from the Digitised 19th century books dataset
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset which classifies the books by genre (Drama, Poetry, Prose, Music and unidentified). For Drama, Music and Prose several types were identified. For Drama: comedy, play, recitation and tragedy. For Prose: novel, parody, romance, satire, story, history subset of story and...British Library ; British Library Labs
Music, Genre, Prose, books, Poetry, metadata, bibliographic, and Drama
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UK Doctoral Thesis Metadata from EThOS
This dataset has been superseded by a more recent version: https://doi.org/10.23636/1188 If you require access to an earlier version, please email openaccess@bl.uk, including the dataset title, date, and DOI in your request. The data in this collection comprises the bibliographic metadata for all UK doctoral theses listed in EThOS, the...British Library ; Rosie, Heather
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Books containing images about Finland
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset comprising books with images about Finland, approximately 40 titles. This dataset was compiled by Ruby Dixon a student at Graveney School who completed work experience at British Library Labs in 2016.British Library ; British Library Labs
books, Finland, metadata, and bibliographic
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Russian language books in the Digitised 19th century books dataset
A dataset which is a subset of the Digitised 19th Century books dataset comprising Russian Language books. The spreadsheet contains metadata of 585 books in Russian. This dataset was compiled by Nadya Miryanova a student at Lady Eleanor Holles who completed work experience at British Library Labs in 2017.British Library ; British Library Labs
books, metadata, bibliographic, and Russia
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Latin American books in Digitised 19th century books
A dataset which is derived from the 19th Century Books dataset comprising c.1,100 books which are related to Latin America, written in Spanish, English, German, French, Italian, Swedish and Dutch.British Library ; British Library Labs
books, Latin America, metadata, and bibliographic
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Ground Truth transcriptions for training OCR of historical Arabic handwritten texts
This dataset comprises 120 digitised images (TIFF files) drawn from a selection of historical Arabic scientific manuscripts (10th-19th century) digitised through the British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership. Also contained are ground truth transcriptions (XML) for each page that can be used for training optical character recognition (OCR) or handwritten text...British Library ; Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
Arabic, transcription, and OCR
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John Jaffray dataset; a hand list of printed books and scrap books compiled by Jaffray relating to bookbinding and trade unionism in (mainly) 19th century Victorian London
This set comprises 169 records on 222 pages of a PDF listing the contents of the Jaffray Collection (shelf mark Jaff 1 to Jaff 169) composed using free text. John Jaffray (1811-1869) was a bookbinder in Victorian London, interested in bookbinding, trade unionism and Chartism. This is a restricted collection...Marks, P. J. M.
John Jaffray bookbinder, 19th century, trade unionism, and bookbinding
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Ground Truth transcriptions for training OCR of historical Bengali printed texts - Recognition of Early Indian Printed Documents competition
This dataset comprises 81 digitised images (TIFF files) drawn from a selection of early printed Bengali books (1713-1914) digitised through the Two Centuries of Indian Print project (https://www.bl.uk/projects/two-centuries-of-indian-print). Also contained are ground truth transcriptions (XML) for each page that can be used for training optical character recognition software on historical...British Library ; Derrick, Tom
Indian, transcription, and OCR
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Ground Truth transcriptions for training OCR of historical Bengali printed texts - Transkribus
This dataset comprises 74 digitised images (TIFF files) drawn from a selection of early printed Bengali books (1713-1914) digitised through the Two Centuries of Indian Print project (https://www.bl.uk/projects/two-centuries-of-indian-print). Also contained are ground truth transcriptions (XML) for each page that can be used for training optical character recognition software on historical...British Library ; Derrick, Tom
OCR, transcription, and Indian
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British and Irish Newspapers
A title-level list of British, Irish, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies newspapers held by the British Library.British Library
datasets, catalogues, media, newspapers, periodicals, and metadata
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Sir Hans Sloane's Catalogues of his Library and Manuscripts
The files in this dataset are derived from microfilm copies of the original library catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane, now presented across 9 volumes, Sloane MS 3972 C 1-8, and the name index to the Sloane library catalogue, Sloane MS 3972 D. The catalogues are crucial for understanding the development...British Library
library, catalogues, Sloane, and metadata
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Freemason manuscripts in the Modern Archive collections
Dataset of brief biographical entries for 365 prominent Freemasons, with links to relevant material held with the British Library’s Modern Archives and Manuscript Collections, from the 18th to the 20th century. The dataset was supported with funding from the American Friends of the British Library, and was created by Tabitha...British Library
Freemasons and archives
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EThOS metadata files augmented with identifiers
A selection of files of the EThOS metadata augmented by the organisational identifiers listed below. These files were created to inform a deliverable which is part of the FREYA project which aims to gather enhanced provenance information in the EThOS metadata. The ReadMe file contains full details of the files,their...British Library
persistent identifiers, ISNI, ROR, and GRID
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Books related to 19th Century British Colonies derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset which contains books related to 19th Century British Colonies. The dataset of 1288 items was created using filtering by keywords of locations and then manually checked for accuracy. The data was augmented with additional columns including 'City', 'Colony Name' and...British Library ; British Library Labs
Africa, colonialism, Canada, Ceylon, metadata, bibliographic, India, Australia, books, British Colony, and British Colonies
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Books related to War derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books Dataset
A dataset which is derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset comprising all non-fiction English language books related to armed conflicts. The dataset of 1127 items was developed by refining based on keywords such as 'war', 'battle', 'uprising', 'revolt', 'rebellion', 'invasion' and 'mutiny'. This dataset was curated by students...British Library ; British Library Labs
non-fiction, War, books, metadata, and bibliographic
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al-Durr al-naqī fī fann al-mūsīqī (Add MS 23494)
This dataset is a PDF file containing the images and transcription the manuscript titled al-Durr al-naqī fī fann al-mūsīqī الدرّ النقيّ في فنّ الموسيقي by Aḥmad ibn 'Abd al-Raḥmān al-Mawṣilī أحمد بن عبد الرحمن الموصلي. The manuscript was digitised through the British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership, and made available through...British Library ; Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
transcription, Arabic, and OCR
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Books related to India from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset
A dataset which is derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset focusing on books related to India. The dataset was created by refining the book title field using keywords related to names used for India during the period, places within India, cultural terms such as 'Hindu' and another term...British Library ; British Library Labs
books, metadata, bibliographic, and India
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Books related to theatre derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset which contains books pertaining to theatre written in English. The dataset of 841 items was created by filtering by keywords which are related to different genre of play including Drama, Act, Scene, Play, Comedy, Farce, Pantomime, Tragedy and Shakespeare and...British Library ; British Library Labs
act, genre, books, metadata, bibliographic, theatre, and play
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Books related to the Industrial Revolution derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset
A dataset which is a subset of the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset comprising books related to the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The subset of 354 items was refined by using keywords associated with placenames and the topic of industrialism. This dataset was curated by the Aepyi student group at...British Library ; British Library Labs
books, industrialism, metadata, bibliographic, and Industrial Revolution
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UK Doctoral Thesis Metadata from EThOS
This dataset has been superseded by a more recent version (5): https://doi.org/10.23636/1344 If you require access to an earlier version, please email openaccess@bl.uk, including the dataset title, date, and DOI in your request. The data in this collection comprises the bibliographic metadata for all UK doctoral theses listed in EThOS,...British Library ; Rosie, Heather
higher education, ethos, dissertations, HE, research, PhD, doctoral, student, UK, theses, and thesis
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Government of India, Annual Administration Reports
Annual administration reports of the territories of British India for the following areas: Government of India 1870-1871; Government of Bengal, 1871-1936 ; Government of Burma, 1872-1899 ; Chin Hills, 1909-1923; Shan and Karenni States, 1889. For researchers seeking an overview of events and developments in the territories of British India...British Library
government, India Office, Bengal, Burma, Shan and Karenni States, administration reports, and Chin Hills
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India Office Lists
The India Office Lists are annual reference works giving details of departments and post holders in: the India Office, London, 1858-1947; the Burma Office, 1935-47; the Government of India, Calcutta, later Delhi, 1858-1947; the main provincial administrations of Bengal, Bombay and Madras and minor administrations for the same dates. From...British Library
government, India Office, Bengal, Bombay, Colonial India, and Madras
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Indexes to the Dispatches of the East India Company Court of Directors to Indian Governments
The IOR/E/4 Correspondence with India comprises 1112 volumes dating from 1703-1858. The material is arranged into eight series: four series of letters received by the Court of Directors from the administration in India; and four series of dispatches sent by the Court to the same administrations. Subject, name and place...India Office Library and Records ; British Library ; Hailey, Alex
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Living with Machines alpha and beta Zooniverse 'accident' task data
Data created through crowdsourcing tasks hosted on the Zooniverse platform. Members of the public were asked to look at a selection of articles from 19th century newspapers that mentioned machines and decide if they described an industrial accident. A further task asked participants to transcribe personal, organisational and place names...Zooniverse volunteers
crowdsourcing, digital history, citizen history, Living with Machines, newspapers, and digital humanities
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Living Machines atypical animacy dataset
Atypical animacy detection dataset, based on nineteenth-century sentences in English extracted from an open dataset of nineteenth-century books digitized by the British Library (available via https://doi.org/10.21250/db14, British Library Labs, 2014). This dataset contains 598 sentences containing mentions of machines. Each sentence has been annotated according to the animacy and humanness...