New Audiences for the Wollaton Antiphonal: Widening Engagement Through Innovative Technology

由澳大利亚人权委员会和遗产彩票基金资助的Wollaton中世纪手稿项目使人们对家庭图书馆的起源和背景有了新的了解，并导致在世界各地的机构中识别“丢失”的手稿。为了回应学术界和公众的兴趣，“Wollaton Antiphonal的新观众”项目创建了一个永久的Antiphonal虚拟展示。与大英图书馆和皇家Mandaripts项目（英格兰国王和王后的照明Mandaripts）成员的合作提供了通过新技术，特别是使用“翻页”软件开发远程访问的宝贵知识和经验。向BL“虚拟借用”Antiphonal项目的各个方面，使资源能够在BL项目的范围内接触到更广泛的受众。总的来说，该项目试图开发一个虚拟的Antiphonal展示，使手稿可供不同的本地用户（使用亭显示系统）和更广泛的学术和非学术观众使用网络交付。成果包括长期使用的资源（数字和印刷）和鼓励社区参与的活动。主要的是：《Wollaton Antiphonal》的虚拟出版物;有音乐、艺术史、礼拜仪式解释和人工制品信息;大英图书馆的数字图书的“虚拟借阅”，供皇家Mannipts展览期间观看。另一项成果是提供礼拜音乐的转录，并支持教区教堂唱诗班录制表演，以纳入数字交付，并提供了翻页出版物的扩展网络版本，增加了更多页面，以满足研究界的访问需求。他们还制作了一本关于对歌的免费传单/小册子，在当地和大英图书馆或其他场所的适当活动中分发。他们提供了关于Antiphonal的网页资源，描述和解释了它的历史和意义，并提供了一个关于该项目的博客和增强的AHRC网页项目。最后，与BL.合作在诺丁汉举办了讲习班，关于物理/数字访问的主题和翻页交付的感知影响。

The Wollaton Medieval Manuscripts project funded by the AHRC and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enabled a new understanding of the origins and context of the family library and led to the identification of "lost" manuscripts in institutions throughout the world. In response to both the academic and the public interest, the 'New Audiences for the Wollaton Antiphonal' project created a permanent virtual display of the Antiphonal. Collaboration with the British Library (BL) and members of the Royal Manuscripts project (Illuminated Manuscripts of the Kings and Queens of England) provided valuable knowledge and experience of developing remote access through new technologies, in particular use of "Turning Pages" software. A "virtual loan" to the BL of aspects of the Antiphonal project enabled the resource to reach a wider audience in the context of the BL project. Overall the project sought to develop a virtual display of the Antiphonal which renders the manuscript accessible to different constituencies of local users (using a kiosk display system) and to a wider academic and non-academic audience using web delivery. The outcomes comprised both resources for long term use (digital and print) and activities to encourage community engagement. The principal ones are: Kiosk-mounted Turning Pages virtual publications of the Wollaton Antiphonal; with music, art history, liturgical explanation, and artefactual information; a "Virtual loan" of the digital book to the British Library, for viewing during the period of the Royal Manuscripts exhibition. Another outcome was the provision of transcriptions of the liturgical music and support for the parish church choir in recording performance for inclusion in the digital delivery and delivered an extended web version of the Turning Pages publication, adding more pages to satisfy access needs of the research community. They also formed a free leaflet/booklet about the Antiphonal, for distribution locally and at appropriate events at the British Library or other venues. They provided web page resources about the Antiphonal, providing description and explanation of its history and significance and a blog about the project and enhanced AHRC web project pages. Finally, workshops were held at Nottingham in collaboration with the BL., on the theme of physical/digital access and the perceived impact of Turning Pages delivery.