Presentation at Food WikiEdit-a-thon
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1http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
http://www.bl.uk/projects/british-library-labs
21st March 2016British Library Food Wiki edit-a-thon
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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2http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
http://www.bl.uk/projects/british-library-labsFunded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
21st March 2016British Library Food Wiki edit-a-thon
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3http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
One of Largest Library’s in the World180 million* items
1-2 %* digitised
* estimate
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4http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
Managing expectations:Looking for very specific things digitally
•Only a small amount of content is digitised!
•Might not be the treasure you expect at the end of a digital journey!
•Starts with a conversation!•Research interests?
•What digital collections are you interested in?
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5http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
IntersectionYou, the Library and it’s digital content
Your research interestsDigital
collections interested in
British LibraryDigital
collections we have
This is where Labs works
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6http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
http://www.bl.uk/subjects/digital-scholarship
http://labs.bl.uk/Digital+Collections
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7http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
•Submit ideas by 11 April 2016.
•Two finalists announced late May 2016.
•Residency June – October 2016.•Up to £3600 support, technical, curatorial etc.
•Showcase @ Symposium Monday 7 Nov 16.
•Winner £3000 & Runner up £1000!
Competition
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8http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
•Projects already using BL digital content in interesting and innovative ways.
•Submit projects (previous and new) by 5 September 2016.
•Artistic, Commercial, Research and Learning / Teaching categories.
•Winners announced @Symposium 7 Nov 16.
•£500 Winner & £100 Runner Up.
Awards
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9http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
Projects & Ideas• Ideas change once you try to access, examine and use the data!
•Talk to us about working on potential ideas / projects.
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11http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
Victorian Meme Machine (2014)Competition Winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK95lzaPNp0Bob Nicholson
http://victorianhumour.tumblr.com/
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12http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
Finding and bringing Victorian Jokes alive
Finding and bringing recipes alive?
Image from BL Flickr 1 Millionhttps://goo.gl/oviGAf
Image taken from page 300 of 'Corea, the hermit nation. I. Ancient and mediæval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history'
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14http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
CommercialEtsy project by Dina Malkova
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DinaMalkova
Labs Symposium 2015https://goo.gl/OfJujM
Read more: http://goo.gl/pbxZUv
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15http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
Special Jury’s Prize (2015)James Heald – Wikimedia and Map work
https://goo.gl/WYZCB2
http://goo.gl/HNQq5e
https://goo.gl/VPgffL
https://commons.wikimedia.org/
Labs Symposium (2015)https://goo.gl/djtm1b
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16http://labs.bl.uk @BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
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