1. Collections
Earlier this month items were selected from the Rosenberg Collection at the Imperial War Museum for inclusion in the project. Included are all of Rosenberg's "War" poems and poetry drafts, drafts of the play "The Unicorn", a selection of letters and other miscellaneous items (photographs and sketches). Many thanks to Vivien Noaks for giving her time and advice in making the selection.
Recently we visited the Edward Thomas Collection at Cardiff University Library and selected a number of poetry manuscripts, letters, and photographs, for the archive. The majority of items have now been selected for Thomas, with the exception of the National Library of Wales which we will visit shortly. Images of the Thomas Manuscript ADD 44990 were received from the British Library and are in the process of being catalogued.
We have been offered a rich selection of items by the Vera Brittain Estate for inclusion in the archive. Many thanks to Mark Bostridge for his support, and also to Andrea Peterson for her input and advice tracking down other women poets to include in the project.
The curators of a number of collections (Thomas, Graves, Blunden) held by various Oxford University libraries have been contacted and we will be visiting these collections to identify any other appropriate items.
3. Metadata and Cataloging
Cataloging continues for the images received.
4. Project Management
The Project Plan was submitted to the JISC, along with a detailed budget and break down of work tasks. The project plan in available from the website.
Kate and Stuart will be attending the JISC Digitisation Programme Meeting on 13th and 14th June in Colchester.
5. Technical Development
System architecture has been spec-ed and is currently under peer review by inhouse system developers.
5. Copyright and Permissions
Copyright letters are being finalised.
6. Events
Preliminary work has gone into the workshop being jointly run with the English Subject Centre in November and potential speakers contacted. Thank you to Guy Cuthbertson and Andrea Peterson for agreeing to participate at the event.
Monday, 4 June 2007
Thursday, 26 April 2007
April Project Report
The project formally began on April 1st. The first few days were spent establishing the project office at the Faculty of English's building.
1. Recruitment
Interviews and selection tool place for the post of technical specialist on the project. Michael Louzoi will be joining the team on May 1st and will be responsible for the system design and technical architecture. Everett Sharp joined the project team on April 12th as the cataloger, working 1.5 days per week.
2. The Collections
Orders have been processed for the Robert Graves material at the University of Buffalo, and the Edward Thomas material in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Digital scans have been received and archived. Some experimentation was carried out on post-processing of derivatives.
A full list of the collections is now being finalised and will be completed at the first Steering Group meeting on the 27th April.
3. Metadata and Cataloging
Metadata fields were finalised and a review of cataloging software took place. Portfolio 8 was selected as the project's cataloging tool. Cataloguing and QA has begun on the images received so far, and tests have been carried out on metedata conversion to TEI P5.
4. Project Management
A wiki has been set up for the project team to record thoughts, meeting minutes, and other information to be shared. A blog has been set up to issue monthly progress reports. The team is currently reviewing project management software. The first project plan is due to be submitted to the JISC on 11th May.
5. Copyright and Permissions
Copyright letters are being finalised.
6. Events
Preliminary work has gone into the workshop being jointly run with the English Subject Centre in November. Project staff have attended JISC workshops digitization, copyright, and a National Archives workshop on teaching history.
1. Recruitment
Interviews and selection tool place for the post of technical specialist on the project. Michael Louzoi will be joining the team on May 1st and will be responsible for the system design and technical architecture. Everett Sharp joined the project team on April 12th as the cataloger, working 1.5 days per week.
2. The Collections
Orders have been processed for the Robert Graves material at the University of Buffalo, and the Edward Thomas material in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Digital scans have been received and archived. Some experimentation was carried out on post-processing of derivatives.
A full list of the collections is now being finalised and will be completed at the first Steering Group meeting on the 27th April.
3. Metadata and Cataloging
Metadata fields were finalised and a review of cataloging software took place. Portfolio 8 was selected as the project's cataloging tool. Cataloguing and QA has begun on the images received so far, and tests have been carried out on metedata conversion to TEI P5.
4. Project Management
A wiki has been set up for the project team to record thoughts, meeting minutes, and other information to be shared. A blog has been set up to issue monthly progress reports. The team is currently reviewing project management software. The first project plan is due to be submitted to the JISC on 11th May.
5. Copyright and Permissions
Copyright letters are being finalised.
6. Events
Preliminary work has gone into the workshop being jointly run with the English Subject Centre in November. Project staff have attended JISC workshops digitization, copyright, and a National Archives workshop on teaching history.
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