2. www.bl.uk 2
End to End Process
Testing and Using BL systems for the first time
Challenging as systems were being developed
as the project was evolving (BL’s deadlines
didn’t meet Europeana’s deadlines)
Two publishing streams
Manuscript material (IAMS)
c. 7,500 items
Printed material (ALEPH)
c. 2,000 items
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Sums of digitised items
7
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
to be digitised in total to be digitised according
to selection
actually digitised until
April 2014
425,000
464,906 464,801
111%
success indicator
digitisation
achieved
8. www.bl.uk 8
Types of objects by type of material
8
12,075
1,672
84,351
159,906
173,309
8,079 1,197
printed books
songbooks and music sheet
publicistic material
manuscript material
picture material
miscellaneous material
maps
19%
39%
36%
11. www.bl.uk 11
Dissemination events
Dissemination Event in London
Europeana 1914-1918 Reception,
Thursday 12 December 2013
First World War Writers’ Masterclass,
Monday 24 February 2014
The First World War: The Debate
Mon 17 Feb 2014
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BL Teams involved
Curatorial teams (from 15 collections) Technical Architecture teams
Preservation & Conservation teams Digital Library System Dev teams
Digiflo / Integrated Digitisation teams Digital Library System Support teams
Imaging studios (North and South) Digital Processing teams
IP & Licensing team ILS Teams
Cataloguing teams PRIMO teams
Metadata Systems teams Digital Scholarship
Thank you!!!
111% - of what was agreed on to be digitised - is digitised
105 items still need to be reported
ASK BNF when they will indicate the rest of the material
1) Picture material
2) Manuscript material
3) Publicistiv material
The exhibition ‘Untold stories’ is based on the personal stories and items that people contributed via the Europeana 1914-1918 project in Germany, UK, Ireland, Slovenia, Luxembourg and Denmark. This exhibition gives personal accounts from across Europe for the first time, based on stories and items contributed by the public.