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Richard Palmer Centre for E-Research, KCL
Dr Mary Smith - Library and Learning Services, [email protected]
Clustering and Enhancing DigitalArchives Research Project
Embedding Theatre Archives in Teaching and Learning
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East London Theatre Archive launched 2009http://www.elta-project.org
15,000 digital images of theatre ephemera 19th
- 21st century - from V & A Theatre Museum
collection and from seven surviving EastLondon theatres
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Clustering and Enhancing Digital Archives Research
UEL & KCL with collaborating partners (and their archives)
Universities of Nottingham, Sheffield and Royal Holloway London
Mapping the field of relevant subject areas and available resources:How to use: Embedding with students
How to organise: Clustering with researchers
We are:
- user led- audience focused
- evidence based
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With students we ask, are we relevant?We have guides, but what information are
we providing to help them?
Subject specialists: do they agree with it?
What do they think is the voice of thearchive?
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What happens when you expose 15,000 records to a trusting/ testingpublic?Findings so far:
Inst itutional cultures
Students (but not just students) find
archives puzzling Students use archival material as a
verbatim source of information and areeasily confused/ misled
Knowledge and learning skills need
development
Archives cultures
Digital archives appear to replicatetraditional museum audiences
Relevance of content
Information cultures
Different sectors have different ideas aboutmetadata
Different fields of expertise clusterknowledge together in different ways
Questions:
Does advocacy need to be multi-directional (i.e.towards service providers, academics as well as
students?) How do we help students understand archives?
Who provides skills us?
Who provides more information us?
Should the archive be a guide to content?
Should it give contextual information?
Should it have such an authoritative voice?
What does clustering mean should wecategorise via the paradigms used in the subjectarea?
Should we continue to categorise using
traditional metadata and knowledge provided bymuseum, libraries and archives sector?
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Involving the Community:
Identifying users and their needs:information
I came across a playbill dated 16/4/1906 that lists Jack
Woolf as the theatre manager of the Queens High St Poplar
Theatre (I think!) Are you able to confirm that Jack Woolf
was related to Benjamin & Edward? If so, how? If you are
unable to help me, who could I consult that might be able to
provide that information?
Do you have any reports of "Industrious Fleas" in your
archive collection? I did try searching but with no results
I am writing from Australia hoping you can help me with someinformation. I am related to Benjamin Woolf, the theatrical
actor/singer, & his son Edward Woolf, the composer/ band
Leader who worked at the Royal Pavilion Theatre for some
years before he moved to the US. Your web site has been an
invaluable aid in locating information about their lives, & I am
hoping you can help me with another enquiry.
I'm currently studying in performing arts at uel and I am
doing a case study on theatre royal stratford east and was
wondering how I would access more information I need
help or support to locate the following:
Scripts playbills images financial information
I am enquiring about the possibility of obtaining a copy of a
programme you have listed - this is in connection with
family history. The programme dated 1928 mentions my
Great Uncle's variety act The Charles Kasrac Trio.
I have been researching my family history for some time,
but have recently found that my 2x G Gran was first cousin
to the Aynsley Cooks opera singers and actors. On the
1891 census I have found an Alice Wilding opera singer,
staying with the family, who would be about the right age
for Alice Aynsley Cook. I have tried to find a marriage
record here for her but have been unsuccessful. Do you
know if she ever married and was it while she was touring
abroad? I know she did go to America.
I wrote a message on another page. I hope you have
received it. However I am interested in finding out more
about my Collection of old theatre programmes inherited
from my late grandfather. He must have been a keen
theatre goer. These programmes are from Stratford Empire,
Borough theatre and the Palace East Ham. They are from
1901 Very interesting in terms of content and in fairly good
condition. I looked on your website and found some items
very much like my collection. It would be good to hear from
you
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Enhancing metadata? We need more information?
If we did it:Key issues: standards, accuracy, funding, time, knowledge
Clustering: information, themes, coverage of content, voices and representation
Finding: community of users/ future users
Providing more informationfor the community
COLLABORATORS
Providing Enhanced metadata?
Essays?
More contextual themed information?
Involving the community in
information generation
Contributed content?
Tagging?
Edited blogs or contributions?
Information generating tasks?
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If you need any more information
Read our blog http://blog.elta-project.org
Or have any ideas for us
Or want to take part in any workshops
Please get in touch
