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Digitizing Antiquarian Texts Using Scholarly Collaboration & Linked data

Digitizing Antiquarian Texts Using Scholarly Collaboration & Linked data. Kristen Schuster Doctoral Student University of Missouri Columbia School of Information Science & Learning Technologies. Vetusta Monumenta : print and digital edition s. Collaboration & Interdisciplinary Innovation.

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Digitizing Antiquarian Texts Using Scholarly Collaboration & Linked data

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  1. Digitizing Antiquarian Texts Using Scholarly Collaboration & Linked data Kristen Schuster Doctoral Student University of Missouri Columbia School of Information Science & Learning Technologies

  2. VetustaMonumenta: print and digital editions

  3. Collaboration & Interdisciplinary Innovation • Scholarly commentary • Dr. Noah Heringman & Dr. Anne Myers (English Department, MU) • Crystal Lake, Wright State University • Matthew M. Reeve, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario • Technical contributors • Felicity Dykas (Digitization Unit, Ellis Library, MU) • SISLT Masters Students • Division of IT, MU (Server Space) • Support • Dr. Twyla Gibson, Digital Humanities Commons • Society of Antiquaries of London • Special Collections, Ellis Library MU

  4. How has the project defined itself? • What is a digital edition? • What will a digital edition provide? • What will a digital edition add to scholarly understandings of VetustaMonumenta?

  5. What are the project’s scholarly goals? • Provide exploratory and explanatory commentary for each object represented in the first three volumes of VetustaMonumenta • Commentaries are an iterative process because they involve research, peer review and then integration with visual elements of the project.

  6. What are the project’s technical goals? • Long term digital access to the digital edition • Implement effective relationships between images and text

  7. Preservation and curation Retrieved from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-lifecycle-model

  8. Relationships between texts and images • Cataloging • VRA Core & Cataloging Cultural Object • Getty’s Metadata Standards Crosswalks • Using cataloging and commentaries to create linked data • Internet Archives • Scalar

  9. Putting it all together • A freely accessible scholarly resource • Understandable relationships between pages, objects and comments in a digital interface • A sustainable resource

  10. Questions? • Or please feel free to contact me: • kmsqt5@gmail.com

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