AHDS Case Studies

AHDS Case Studies illustrate how projects have dealt with particular digitisation issues.

Link to Creating. Image of banana-ripening hut, Mpaija, Hoima [AHDS History study number: 4169]

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Writing AHRB Bids: The Stone in Archaeology ResourceWriting AHRB Bids: The Stone in Archaeology Resource
Writing an AHRB technical appendix for an archaeological project
Relating the Past: Efficient Database DesignRelating the Past: Efficient Database Design
Developing a database to deal with a variety of early medieval historical sources

Writing AHRB Bids: The Corpus Vitrearum Medii AeviWriting AHRB Bids: The Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi
How one project wrote a successful AHRB technical appendix.
Restoring Harmony: The Digital Image Archive of Medieval MusicRestoring Harmony: The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
Digitising and restoring faded fragments of medieval polyphony.
Extending the Suffrage: Digitisation of the Women's Library Suffrage BannersExtending the Suffrage: Digitisation of the Women's Library Suffrage Banners
Details of the multi-stepped process of creating digital versions of fragile objects
Writing under Victoria: The Whistler and Darwin Correspondence ProjectsWriting under Victoria: The Whistler and Darwin Correspondence Projects
Two projects compiling databases of nineteenth-century letters
Managing Change with Digital DataManaging Change with Digital Data
How the Essex Sites and Monuments Record has undergone four changes of database
Funding a Digitisation Project: The Great Britain Historical DatabaseFunding a Digitisation Project: The Great Britain Historical Database
The funding history of a large-scale digitisation project, plus some useful advice
On Digitising Philosophy and Theology: The Electronic GrossetesteOn Digitising Philosophy and Theology: The Electronic Grosseteste
Creating a resource for those studying thirteenth-century philosopher and theologian Robert Grosseteste
Spreading the Word: The Oxford Theology Faculty digital library projectSpreading the Word: The Oxford Theology Faculty digital library project
Digitising a theology reading-list for first year students
Plotting a Course in Database Creation: The Gloucester Port Books DatabasePlotting a Course in Database Creation: The Gloucester Port Books Database
Designing and adding data to a database storing pre-industrial customs records
Exeter Cathedral Keystones and CarvingsExeter Cathedral Keystones and Carvings
Developing a digital resource using remote access
Recounting Digital Tales: Chaucer Scholarship and the Canterbury Tales ProjectRecounting Digital Tales: Chaucer Scholarship and the Canterbury Tales Project
Integrating digital and traditional research methods to answer age-old questions
Developing a Database Interface: The Continental Origins of English LandholdersDeveloping a Database Interface: The Continental Origins of English Landholders
Creating an interface to suit academics' needs
The Lampeter Corpus: Choosing Material to be DigitisedThe Lampeter Corpus: Choosing Material to be Digitised
Developing criteria to choose which material to digitise from a large collection
Excavating Digital Data: The Retrieval of the Newham ArchiveExcavating Digital Data: The Retrieval of the Newham Archive
The necessity of documentation and preservation while creating digital data
Accessed: The Imperial War Museum Art Collection Accessed: The Imperial War Museum Art Collection
Preparing data in order to deposit it with the AHDS
Wilfred and War on the World Wide Web: The JTAP Virtual Seminars ProjectWilfred and War on the World Wide Web: The JTAP Virtual Seminars Project
Using digital resources in teaching and learning
It is also possible to read an evaluation of the Wilfred Owen resource.