north carolina architects & builders: a biographical dictionary
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North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary. Preservation North Carolina Annual Conference Joseph Ryan Markus Wust October 29, 2009. Credits. Catherine W. Bishir Myrick Howard & Preservation NC - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary
Preservation North Carolina Annual Conference
Joseph Ryan Markus Wust
October 29, 2009
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Credits
Catherine W. Bishir
Myrick Howard & Preservation NC
Peter Sandbeck, Michael Southern, Claudia Brown (State Historic Preservation Office)
40+ authors, many other content contributors
Private donors, libraries and cultural institutions who provided images free of charge
Many departments at NCSU Libraries
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Project History
Work on biographical dictionary of architects and builders in North Carolina began in late 1970s Myrick Howard & Preservation NC
Split into two volumes, first volume on history of building practice published by Catherine W. Bishir, Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, and Ernest H. Wood III in 1990 as “Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building”
Hiatus
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Project History
Project was reactivated in 2004
Switch to a digital publishing model in 2006
Project launched on June 24, 2009
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Technology
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Demonstration
http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/
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Content Creation
Content stored as XML
Each person and building has a separate XML file
Currently over 200 persons and 1600 buildings
Commercial web-based XML editor for creating XML records
Custom-built tools for managing data
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WorkflowSubmission of entries to editor
Editing
Creating entries for building list
Creating personnel entries and inserting links
Adding bibliography items
Reviewing entries for errors
Posting new entries
Later: Incorporating corrections and new information
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Because you have not written it yet! We need your help!
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Thank you.
Joseph Ryan: [email protected]
Markus Wust: [email protected]
http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/
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