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Case Studies

These Case Studies illustrate how existing and established projects have resolved particular digitisation issues.

You can read these case studies on line, or print them out in PDF formar. To download the PDF versions you need Adobe Acrobat. If you do not have this on your computer please go to the Adobe website to download Adobe Acrobat.

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
Designing Shakespeare: Remote Data Creator Capabilities at the PADSDesigning Shakespeare: Remote Data Creator Capabilities at the PADS
Developing a digital resource using remote access

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
Coded Letters: A Database for The Kircher Correspondence Project Coded Letters: A Database for The Kircher Correspondence Project Structuring and classifying records for a database
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.
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