integrated archives and manuscript system – iams

16
Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS Bill Stockting, S&C Cataloguing Systems and Processing Manager and Wieke Avis, IAMS Officer: UKAD Forum, TNA, 2 nd March 2011

Upload: razi

Post on 08-Jan-2016

26 views

Category:

Documents


2 download

DESCRIPTION

Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS. Bill Stockting, S&C Cataloguing Systems and Processing Manager and Wieke Avis, IAMS Officer: UKAD Forum, TNA, 2 nd March 2011. Introduction. We will look at: Background to the IAMS project Success: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Bill Stockting, S&C Cataloguing Systems and Processing Manager and Wieke Avis, IAMS Officer:

UKAD Forum, TNA, 2nd March 2011

Page 2: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Introduction

We will look at:

Background to the IAMS project

Success: IAMS cataloguing system, data model and standards Legacy data migration

Challenges Search Our Catalogue: Archives and Manuscripts – SOCAM Access to digitised and born digital material Data exchange and open data

Page 3: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Archives and Manuscript Collections

Extensive collections of unique archives and manuscripts managed in separate collection areas:

Manuscripts: Western, Oriental, Literary and Music

Records of East India Company and its successors, and related private papers and manuscripts

Digitised collections from the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP)

British Library Corporate Archive

Page 4: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Fragmentation

Collections managed separately within thematic Study Areas:

No single inventory and differing cataloguing traditions, practices and standards

Some Catalogues in electronic form but in a number of online systems: Molcat (Western and music manuscripts) on Library website Endangered Archives Programme as web pages on Library website

– not cross searchable East India Company archive and related private papers on A2A

managed by the National Archives! Others only available to users in the reading rooms

Page 5: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS Mission Statement

To deliver a powerful, flexible integrated cataloguing and resource discovery system that will unite and broaden access to the British Library’s archives and manuscript collection and will provide standards compliant data for

external co-operative projects

Page 6: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS: Bringing it all together

New cataloguing will be done in one system to one set of standards

Legacy catalogues will be migrated to the same system

Having our catalogue data in one place and in one format will make it easier to share data with:

Internal resource discovery project to provide integrated access to all the Library’s holdings

External projects, gateways and portals of all sorts, nationally and internationally

IAMS can be used as a cataloguing and access tool for material not held in the Library as part of partnership projects

Richness of Library’s archive and manuscript collections will then be brought to the attention of new audiences, especially when catalogue records linked to digitized or born-digital archives and manuscripts

Page 7: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS Project Timetable: Success

July 2009: Cataloguing system complete

Autumn 2011: Data Migration complete

Page 8: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS System

Internal development has allowed us to build a system and data model:

Not a flat system - contains hierarchies and relationships

Different dates, calendars and era’s; quotations in any language or script

Best of both from traditional practice: archives and manuscripts!

Ensures consistency

Makes best use of our legacy data

Navigate as well as search the catalogue

Build on others’ experience

Latest developments in modelling and description standards

Page 9: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS: Data Model

Project & Collections

held by

Persons, Families, Corporate

Bodiescreated by

Archives & Manuscripts

Places, Subjects, Events,Titles

have subjects

Archive institutions

acquired / funded by

Page 10: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS: Standards

IAMS standard based system and data model:

Structure: International Council on Archives Standards for Archival Description and related entities (ISAD(G), ISAAR(CPF), ISDF, ISDIAH)

Content: no UK equivalent of AACR2 IAMS Cataloguing Guidelines are a melding of local, national and international standards and practice, including NCA Rules for names (not LC/NACO); ISO standards for languages, scripts etc.

Communication: XML schema for capture, display and exchange of archival and manuscript descriptions: EAD, EAC, TEI (cataloguing)

Page 11: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS: Cataloguing

Page 12: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

IAMS Project Timetable: Remaining Challenges

Remaining parts of vision to be achieved by integration with other Library systems

October 2010: Public interface 1st cut - SOCAM

201?: Seamless requesting

201?: Access to digitised and born digital archives and manuscripts

201?: Data Exchange and Open data

Page 13: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

What Next: Resource Discovery

http://searcharchives.bl.uk

Page 14: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

What next: integrated access to digitised archives and manuscripts

http://searcharchives.bl.uk

Page 15: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Where Next: Data Exchange and Open Data

Page 16: Integrated Archives and Manuscript System – IAMS

Contact

Bill Stockting: S&C Cataloguing Systems and Processing Manager: [email protected]

Wieke Avis: IAMS Officer: [email protected]