‘Evidence & Enlightenment’ IASSIST/IFDO Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland UK 25-27 May 2005 Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online Peter Burnhill, Ann Matheson.

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‘Evidence & Enlightenment’ IASSIST/IFDO Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland UK May 2005 Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online Peter Burnhill, Ann Matheson & Tim Stickland University of Edinburgh

2 OVERVIEW About the Statistical Accounts –their history –their significance Statistical Accounts Online –how it came about About the Online Service Looking to the Future

3 STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS OF SCOTLAND First (‘Old’) Account (21 v.) Second (‘New’) Account (15v.) Sir John Sinclair –'Agricultural Sir John’ Based on response by Parish Ministers to 166 ‘queries’ Result was detailed descriptions of 938 parishes –Statistical tables –Maps and diagrams

4 STATUS AND SIGNIFICANCE First successful national survey of Scotland Locally created –based on wide coverage of well-ordered facts two Accounts allow comparisons, 1790s & 1830s how life was lived –religion, social customs, diet, moral attitudes –population trends, agriculture, education, transport period of critical change: for Scotland, for Britain, for World –Making of Industrial Revolution –Agricultural Reform –‘Trouble on the Continent’

5 STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS ONLINE Printed sets not easily accessible; in need of preservation –Solution via digital technology Co-operative initiative by Scotland’s research libraries Accounts were first choice as national resource –To scan 29, 000 text pages, using JISC funding –To make text fully searchable, using funding from Scottish Archive Network –To put online, using funding from Carnegie Trust and the JISC Database system and user interface developed by EDINA Overseen by Joint Board and Editorial Board

6 EDINA National Data Centre As National Centre for UK –serves staff & students at 160 universities & 500 colleges across UK –based on Edinburgh University Data Library, –designated & funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee of the UK funding bodies for further & higher education Mission: to enhance productivity of research, learning & teaching established reputation for Service-orientation & Project-competence One of two national data centres –with MIMAS at University of Manchester One of several national facilities funded by JISC and research councils –eg AHDS, SOSIG, UKDA

7 STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS ONLINE SERVICE Public Service and Scholar Service Public Service –Free access over the Web –Access to page images of original volumes of both Accounts –Available 24/7, worldwide usage Scholar Service –Advanced search facilities –Access to Additional Resources

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11 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Additional Resources –Original Manuscripts of Answers to Sir John Sinclair’s Questions –Sinclair’s Specimens of Statistical Accounts (1793) –Related Correspondence Additional Facilities –Index of tables –Making more of the spatial –Schools module Revisit Digital Preservation! –Migration via ‘continuing access’ strategy –XML mark-up for deposit & access