the british library - collecting & connecting for research
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Collecting & Connecting for
Research
DCDC15 Workshop
“We make our intellectual heritage accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment.”
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Our Core Purposes
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• Over 30 collaborative PhDs co-supervised by BL staff with UK university partners from Stirling to Exeter
• PhD Student Placement Scheme launching Nov 2015
• Doctoral Training Partnerships
• Annual Season of Doctoral Open Days
Building National Research Capacity
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ethos.bl.uk
Tell the world why your PhD research is important!
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Access over 400,000 thesis records online for free
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Connecting Creators, Users and Data
British Library is a member of DataCite, an international organisation that aims to:
• establish easier access to research data on the Internet
• increase acceptance of research data as legitimate, citable contributions to the scholarly record
• support data archiving that will permit results to be verified and re-purposed for future study
www.datacite.org
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Project-thor.eu
• Establishing Interoperability
• Integrating Services
• Building Capacity
• Achieving Sustainability
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Connecting Digital Infrastructure
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Collaborations for Research
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BL- Qatar Foundation Partnership
• Bi-lingual online library
• Gulf history, culture & science
• Manuscripts, private papers, maps, drawings, photos, recordings, archives
• Contextual essays and links
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Opinion & Interpretation
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Teaching & Learning
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www.futurelearn.com/courses/propaganda
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Evolving Approaches to Online Access…
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www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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videoserver.bl.uk
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sounds.bl.uk
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Save Our Sounds
• Sound Heritage: Safeguarding the nation’s unique recordings
• Digital Acquisition: Acquiring the UK’s published sound and music
• Radio Archive: Developing a radio archive for the UK
• Engagement: Involving partners & public, training & learning
• Infrastructure : Long-term capability for preservation & access
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Capturing the Nation in Conversation
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Events & Exhibitions Onsites
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Events & Exhibitions Online
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The Knowledge Quarter
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turing.ac.uk
Transforming St Pancras
