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Case Studies. Alastair Dunning. Arts and Humanities Data Service, King’s College London. Archive of medieval stained glass Running since 1949 Pilot project introduced digital aspect Tested various parts of projects All types of conditions, environments for digitisation
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Case Studies Alastair Dunning Arts and Humanities Data Service, King’s College London
Archive of medieval stained glass Running since 1949 Pilot project introduced digital aspect Tested various parts of projects All types of conditions, environments for digitisation Workflow much easier to comprehend http://ahds.ac.uk/corpus.htm Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi
Extensive illustrations and information about all figurative sculpture in cathedral Example of different deposit http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/search.html Out-sourced work requires careful management Specification and communication with project team Exeter project stalled because of lack of understanding Exeter Keystones & Carvings
Exeter Keystones & Carvings Outsourced Work Plans without documentation No quality control for images
In-house digitisation Awareness of colour calibration, editing procedures, surroundings, careful handling Equipment purchased http://www.diamm.ac.uk The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
Record of 20th century constructions with military purpose Interoperable with other resources Specific thesaurus included http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue Metadata … The Defense of Britain
Metadata … The Defense of Britain Returns different metadata according to database
Exploring Newton’s ‘non-scientific’ manuscripts Digitasation extending the boundaries Standards are required at several levels Detailed ‘Transcription and Tagging Policy’ xml for footnotes, foreign languages, abbreviations, revisions, changes in ink http://www.newtonproject.ic.ac.uk Standards … The Newton Project
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