Digitisation of the National Archives' Calendars of State Papers through British History Online

通过英国历史在线将国家档案馆的国家文件日历数字化

• 批准号: AH/E008941/1
• 负责人: David Bates
• 金额: $ 52.73万
• 依托单位: University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FE008941%2F1
• 关键词: Digitisation; National; Archives; Calendars; State

This project seeks to complete the digitisation of The National Archives Calendars of State Papers, a key resource for historians of England in the early modern period. The IHR has been funded by The Andrew W Mellon Foundation to digitise and publish the Calendars of State Papers, Domestic (1547-1704, 1760-75) and those for Scotland and Ireland. The addition of the remaining 293 volumes (Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of Henry VIII; the State Papers, Foreign; the State Papers, Colonial; Treasury books and papers; and papers held in foreign archives) will make the entire series accessible to researchers in higher education and beyond. The calendars will be made available through the British History Online digital library (www.british-history.ac.uk) alongside other core primary and secondary sources for the early modern period, including the Journals of the Houses of Commons and Lords and the substantial part of the Victoria County History. The calendar texts will be fully cross-searchable with this range of complementary material, using a controlled vocabulary of subject terms, and personal and place names. This represents an enormous gain in terms of accessibility and usability.The delivery of the calendars online will also present scholars with the opportunity to comment on and correct any errors or omissions in the texts, leading ultimately to what might be perceived as new 'editions'. This element of the project represents one way in which scholars in the humanities can adopt the e-science agenda via collaborative research/editing, in a mediated environment. With concerns about academic sustainability of large-scale digital resources increasingly to the fore, it will test the ability and willingness of the research community to take collective responsibility for enhancing and updating key historical material, and the ways in which Web 2.0 technologies can be applied in an academic research context.The project also aims to enhance the functionality of the calendars in a more structured way: first, by incorporating modern TNA document references, allowing users more easily to trace references in the original manuscripts; and, second, by exposing the calendars to TNA's Global Search, where they will be indexed alongside a variety of national and local archive catalogues and resources.

该项目旨在完成国家档案馆国家文件日历的数字化，这是现代早期英国历史学家的关键资源。《国际卫生条例》由安德鲁·W·梅隆基金会资助，用于数字化和出版国内（1547-1704，1760-75）以及苏格兰和爱尔兰的国家文件日历。其余293卷（信件和文件，亨利八世的国外和国内;国家文件，国外;国家文件，殖民地;财政部书籍和文件;以及外国档案馆保存的文件）的增加将使整个系列的研究人员在高等教育和超越。这些日历将通过英国历史在线数字图书馆（www.british-history.ac.uk）提供，以及现代早期的其他核心主要和次要来源，包括下议院和上议院的期刊以及维多利亚县历史的大部分。日历文本将完全可以与这一系列补充材料交叉搜索，使用受控的主题词、人名和地名词汇。这在可访问性和可用性方面是一个巨大的进步，在线提供日历也将为学者提供机会，评论和纠正文本中的任何错误或遗漏，最终导致可能被视为新的“版本”。该项目的这一要素代表了一种方式，使人文学者可以通过协作研究/编辑，在一个介导的环境中采用电子科学议程。随着对大规模数字资源的学术可持续性的关注日益突出，该项目将测试研究界是否有能力和意愿承担集体责任，增强和更新关键历史资料，以及如何将Web 2.0技术应用于学术研究环境。第一，通过纳入现代的TNA文件参考，使用户更容易在原始手稿中查找参考;第二，通过将日历公开给TNA的全球搜索，在那里它们将与各种国家和地方档案目录和资源一起编入索引。

项目成果

The British History Online digital library: a model for sustainability?

英国历史在线数字图书馆：可持续发展的典范？

• 发表时间: 2010
• 期刊: Bulletin of the Belgian Royal Historical Commission
• 作者: Blaney, J.