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Background The Buildings at Risk Register

“The Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland provides information on buildings of architectural or historic merit that are considered to be at risk. Ranging from large baronial castle to small vernacular crofthouses, or from former factories to redundant churches, the aim is to publicise these buildings as widely as possible in the hope of securing their restoration.”

Background Scottish Civic Trust

“The Scottish Civic Trust is Scotland’s leading organisation promoting excellence in the nation’s built environment. We exist to provide leadership and focus in its protection and enhancement, as well as challenging ideas, stimulating debate and encouraging new thinking.”

Background Historic Scotland

“Historic Scotland is an Agency of the Scottish Executive Education Department and is directly responsible to Scottish Ministers for safeguarding the nation’s built heritage, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.”

Background Criteria of Risk

• Under-use

• Neglect

• Fire damage

• Structural decay

• Vandalism

• Threat of demolition

Background Project Objectives

• Dynamic and changing information

• Real-time updates

• Out-of-hours access

• Greater accuracy

• Reduce barriers

• New and increased audiences

Database Management

Database Management Restructuring

• Database integration• Duplicate records deleted• Upgrade• Fields restructured and reorganised• New fields added• Mail merges established• Data types reviewed• New data entry forms, queries and reports

Database Management Classification

INDUSTRIAL (IND)

1 Building industries

2 Ceramics3 Chemicals4 Engineering5 Extractive industries6 Food + drink processing7 Marine construction8 Metal industries9 Textiles10 Wood-working industries11 Printing

Bakery IND6

Boatyard IND7Brewery IND6Brickworks IND2 … …

Database Management Preparing for Upload

• Imports data from master database

• Strips out administrative fields

• Strips out Saved and Demolished records

• Converts into Internet friendly characters

• Compacts and repairs

Data Edit

Data Edit

• Paper archive audit• Extra information sourced• Records split• Data cleaned• Data entry manual produced• House style established• Newspaper abstracts• Bibliography

Data Edit Data Protection

• Publicly held information

• Telephone numbers and email addresses removed

• Terms and Conditions established

• Records sent to property owners

• Ratified

Digitisation

Digitisation Preparation

• Picture library audit

• Sourcing images outwith Service

• Copyright clearance

• Licence agreements

Digitisation Scanning

• Medium spec hardware• Full colour/low resolution• Delivery images compressed from master

TIFFs• Image directories and CD-R• ama, asc, atn, bma, bsc……• Image management table• Metadata: Visual Resources Association Core

Categories v3

Interface Design

Interface Design Design Brief

• Strategic and operational objectives

• User profiles

• Technical specifications

• Site requirements

• Site maps

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