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Archival authority files and the representation of literary networks: first steps and opportunities Cataloguing Creativity, 15/11/2013: Bill Stockting, British Library

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Archival authority files and the representation of literary networks: first steps and opportunities

Cataloguing Creativity, 15/11/2013: Bill Stockting, British Library

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Introduction• Briefly review the data model,

standards and role of authority records in the Library’s Integrated Archives and Manuscripts System - IAMS

• Demonstrate Authority records, navigation and visualisation in:

– Library’s online catalogue - SoCAM

– Social Networks and Archival Context – SNAC - prototype

• Issues for cataloguing - more questions than answers!

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IAMS: Data Model

Archive Institutions

held by/

holder of Persons,

Families, Corporate

Bodies

has creator/creator of

Archives & Manuscripts

Places, Concepts, Things,

Events &,Titles

has subject/subject of

1

2

3 3

2

3

Projects &collections

contained by/container of

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http://searcharchives.bl.uk/

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SNAC: The Social Networks and Archival Context Project• US project funded by Mellon

looking at researchers need to find material relating to individuals among distributed resources

• Archival and bibliographic data from US, UK (Library and Archives Hub) and France (BNF) merged to single EAC-CPF record for each entity with links to open data sources such as VIAF

• Enhanced prototype due to be available by March 2014 with more data and enhanced visualisations of personal networks

Site: http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/

Prototype: http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/search

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Cataloguing Issues:

• Important to note that SNAC based on real catalogue data - warts and all:

– all normalisation automatic

– no extra detailed cataloguing or transcription

• But portals such as SNAC need rich, consistent and well structured metadata so compromises...

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Legacy Data

• SNAC can’t use the specificity the Library gives for role in creation of material – simply ‘creator’ not ‘author’ and ‘editor’ etc

• Library CPF authority data has deficiencies:

– Duplicate records– No life dates– No links to NRA or VIAF– No links to places or subjects– Persistent identifiers in

development

• So work to do!

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New Cataloguing• The Library’s new cataloguing better

for sharing with portals such as SNAC

• Developing authority file descriptions unaffordable – not MPLP?

• No – a workflow rather than a resource issue:

– Necessary research done anyway during cataloguing

– Biographies can focus on material being catalogued – not necessarily whole life history

– Save thinking time in forming ‘perfect’ name by links to open data such as VIAF

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Any Questions?