Electronic Ephemera Digitized selections from the John Johnson Collection
Ephemera ‘the minor transient documents of everyday life…’ Maurice Rickards ‘the ephemera of today becomes the evidential data of tomorrow...’ John de Monins Johnson
Project material Entertainment: theatre material (mainly by venue) and non- theatrical material (mainly by genre). Mainly 19 th -century, as much 18 th -century entertainment material is already available through the Oxford Digital Library at: Booktrade: publishing material (e.g. prospectuses of books and journals) and bookplates Noteheadings and Popular Prints: record of locations, landscapes and topography, architecture, events, and popular tastes for artistic works and humour Crime, Murders, and Executions: detailing aspects of the judicial system and its punishments Advertising: in all its printed forms
Project participants the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) provides funds and a project framework the Bodleian manages the content development aspects of the project: osorting & shelfmarking ocataloguing oconservation otracking odigitisation (Capita) ProQuest are responsible for delivery of the resource, and its associated services, on the web
Electronic Ephemera: digitized selections from the John Johnson Collection David Tomkins Project Manager John Johnson Project Rooms (218 and 219) Bodleian Library Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BG Tel: Web: Blog: