since early 2000s
in-house
some in partnership
mass digitisation
Scottish, topical, preservation, exhibitions
digitisation
print & manuscript collections
image collections
film and sound collections
map collections
challenges
selection
description
correction
use and promotion
and that old chestnut …. resourcing
selection
Request a digital copy
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description – semantic
We think this is Cambrai
Do you think it’s this
Cambrai?
Or this Cambrai?
correction – OCR
use – The Historic Maps API
http://maps.nls.uk/projects/api/
use – various methods
Wikimedian-in-Residence
open metadataand
digital content policy
Here today from NLSGill Hamilton, Digital Access ManagerTony Stuart, IS Development ManagerFred Sanderson, IPR Officer
National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/NLS digital collections http://digital.nls.uk/NLS historic maps API http://maps.nls.uk/projects/api/ NLS map collections http://maps.nls.uk/NLS Screen Archive collection http://ssa.nls.uk/ Wikimedian-in-Residence Ally Crockford [email protected]
