Locolligo British Library tutorial

This explanation of how to transform and wrangle geographical cultural heritage and humanities data using Locolligo software. Delivered as part of the British Library’s internal ‘Hack and Yack’ training programme on 19 Jan 2023, this document was provided as a handout. Locolligo is a single-page, browser-based JavaScript application to facilitate the formatting, linking, and geolocation of datasets, with a particular focus on Cultural Heritage. It can be used on a standalone PC, tablet, or smartphone, without any dependency on a database or other server infrastructure; basic features will even work without an internet connection.

More information on the tool and its creation can be found at: https://github.com/docuracy/Locolligo. This software was developed early in 2022 as part of the British Library's Locating a National Collection project (LaNC). LaNC was a Foundation project within the AHRC-funded Towards a National Collection Programme. The main development code can be found here (https://github.com/docuracy/Locolligo) alongside the template for producing your own version (https://github.com/britishlibrary/peripleo).