Wikimedian in Residence for the National Library of Scotland | 7/31/2014
Scotland from the early 19th century publication Scotia Depicta (1804) and theatrical posters and photographs from the Weir Collection. In total, approximately 1100 images were uploaded in the first two months.
AN IMAGE UPLOADED FROM THE WEIR COLLECTION
A procedure focusing on smaller upload batches was identified early on as having a greater potential for efficiency and accuracy during the upload process itself as well as for a higher rate of integration and usage once the content was live on Commons (see Case Study II: Releasing Content at the NLS for details).
Collections confirmed for upload in as the project continues include:
- The Aberdeen Breviary – The Latin church service book that was the reason printing was introduced to Scotland. Printed in Edinburgh in 1510. Two full volumes comprising 1500 pages.
- The Hopkinson Verdi Collection-An internationally renowned collection of scores and libretti of the works of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), collected by music bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson (1898-1977). As well as music scores, the collection includes ephemeral material, like concert programmes, newspaper cuttings, photographs and stamps. Includes approx. 2750 files.
- Slezer’s Scotland (engravings) – Over 70 original 17th century engravings of important Scottish towns and buildings from military engineer John Slezer’s 1693 publication of Theatrum Scotiae.
- The Hutton Drawings-Over 500 drawings, maps, plans and prints relating mainly to Scottish churches and other ecclesiastical buildings. A few depict castles or other secular dwellings. Drawings date mostly from 1781-1792 and 1811-1820.
- The Gutenberg Bible –1375 images encompassing special shots taken to record watermarks, red printing and other special features unique to the National Library of Scotland’s edition of the Gutenberg Bible.
- Illuminated Barrett Browning poems, Sonnets from the Portuguese – Phoebe Anna Traquair’s illustrated manuscript of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, made in Edinburgh between 1892 and 1897. Contains 44 illustrated sonnets.
- WWI photographs from the Haig Collection–Over 1800 photographs of the First World War, taken by official British war photographers, largely for propaganda purposes.
- Photographs of the South Side of Edinburgh-138 black-and-white photographs taken in 1929 showing tenements and shops around St Leonards before buildings were pulled down for slum clearance.
(Approximately 11,000 total files identified for current and future upload as of July 2014)
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AN IMAGE UPLOADED FROM THE JACOBITE BROADSIDES RESOURCE
