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Cynefin: A Sense of Place
@CynefinProject
@glenrobson
National Library of Wales
Background to the project
• 3 year project to digitize 1,000 Tithe Maps“Tithe maps were produced between 1838 and 1947 following the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 as a part of the
process to ensure that all tithes were paid with money rather than produce. They are the most detailed maps of
their period and there are over a thousand of them covering more than 95% of Wales.”• Geo-reference
– Link old map to modern map
• Transcribe Apportionments– Transcribe hand written text of who owned what and how much they
paid
• Linking Apportionments to Maps– Rows in apportionment to field on Map
• Community Projects
• Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and Welsh Government
Background to the Partners
• Archives Record Council Wales (ARCW)• 13 Local government archive services
• 5 university archives services
• 4 national institutions
– Engage the public in the use of Archives
• The National Library of Wales– Managing the project
– Copies of the Maps
– History of digitistation
•Based in Switzerland• Developed Georeferencer• Old Maps Online• Works with organizations like the British Library, NLS and others• http://www.klokantech.com/cultural-heritage/
Conservation
Digitisation
Apportionments
• Supplied by the National Archives
– 36,000 jp2s
– 1k + Documents
Layout in Fedora (3.3)
Map Apportionment
Map ObjectMETS
DCRELS-EXT
Map PageMETS
DCRELS-EXT
Jp2Archive Link
Apportionment ObjectMETS
DCRELS-EXT
Apportionment PageMETS
DCRELS-EXT
Jp2Archive Link
Apportionment PageMETS
DCRELS-EXT
Jp2Archive Link
Apportionment PageMETS
DCRELS-EXT
Jp2Archive Link
IIIF
• After a meeting in February re-wrote tender documents to mandate IIIF
• Share images and metadata (Presentation API)
Layout in Fedora with IIIF
Map Apportionment
Map Object
Map Page
Apportionment Object
Apportionment PageApportionment
PageApportionment Page
Manifest
Canvas
Manifest
Canvas
Image API Image API
Collection• Counties• Parish• Pointers to Map & Apportionment
Benefits of IIIF
• No transfer of images
• Changes can be made straight away.
• No loss of control of images
• Presentation API means no custom connector
• Can display items in our own Resource Discovery Solutions
Map in Welcome Viewer
What to do with the data?
• Geo-located Maps– Coordinates on Map– Warping?
• Transcribed Apportionments– Coordinates of words– Grouped by columns
• Link between Map and Apportionment Row• How do we make it sustainable?
– Open Standards– Do we need a map server?
Engagement of Volunteers
• Steady rather than spectacular
• No worries about the Maps
• Quite start while bugs are ironed out
• Expert groups sign off Maps
• Motivation Systems
Context in the Library
• Digitising for over 10 years
• 800K+ Digitised Wills
• 1 Million pages of Newspapers
• 1 Million pages of Journals
• WW1 Site – Archives, Photographs and Manuscripts
Aims of the NLW Research Programme
UNDERSTANDING USE
Understand use of existing digital content
ENHANCING CONTENT
Identify ways of making existing digital content more useful for
research, teaching or community
engagement
DEVELOPING NEW DIGITAL CONTENT
develop new digital content that addresses
specific research or education needs, in
partnership with academics and other
key stakeholders
Bringing Digital Humanities to the Digital Library
Activities: NLW Research Programme in Digital Collections
PhD students developed in partnership with HEIs and based at NLW
Funded projects and activities with national and international collaborators
New projects in development, and funding applications
National and international networks
Programme of workshop, publications and activities around digital collections and research
Future
CynefinMaps
1838 to 1947
Newspapers1804 to 1919
Cymru 19141914 to 1918
General Digitisation
Shipping Records1856 to 1914
Crime and Punishment
Database1730 to 1830
Welsh Bibliography0 to 1970
Future
CynefinMaps
1838 to 1947
Newspapers1804 to 1919
Cymru 19141914 to 1918
General Digitisation
Shipping Records1856 to 1914
Crime and Punishment
Database1730 to 1830
Welsh Bibliography0 to 1970
Future
CynefinMaps
1838 to 1947
Newspapers1804 to 1919
Cymru 19141914 to 1918
General Digitisation
Shipping Records1856 to 1914
Crime and Punishment
Database1730 to 1830
Welsh Bibliography0 to 1970
www.walesatwar.org
Funded by
Summary
• Engaging users and using the crowd to enhance content
• Sharing data using IIIF
• Telling stories though linked data
• http://cynefin.archiveswales.org.uk/
• http://cymru1914.org/en
• http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk