Barbara Morris Service Co-ordinator Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online ( and ) Collaboration between academic and public sectors

Collaborative Working Joint Board for the Statistical Accounts of Scotland Scottish Library and Information Council Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries

Map of Scotland New Statistical Account (1845)

What are the Statistical Accounts? First (Old) Statistical account , a contemporary “Domesday Book” for Scotland (in 21 volumes) Second (New) Statistical Account (15 volumes) detailed descriptions of 938 parishes compiled by clergy statistical tables, maps, and diagrams important source material in the critical years during the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions topography climate botany population disease agriculture wages architecture roads schools fishing minerals remarkable occurrences morals

Service Preparation 29,000 pages scanned a SCURL initiative funded by the JISC 29,000 scanned page images typed to permit keyword/phrase searching funded by the National Archives of Scotland interface developed by EDINA tested in public and academic institutions FREE service launched January 2001

The ‘Old’ Statistical Account of the Parish of Ceres, Fife

Fiars in Berwick (price of grain)

Census data,

Who is using the Statistical Accounts Online? most heavily used source in Scottish libraries more than 10,000 users online since January % of users are from outside the United Kingdom from public, private and academic sectors schools botanists geologists historians genealogists epidemiologists architects

Future developments Guided by an Editor and the Joint Board for the Statistical Accounts of Scotland New features from October Access to re-typed text for “cut-and-paste” (FREE) Advanced searching e.g. statistical tables (SUBSCRIPTION) New features from Links via graphic front- end to historic maps, place-name gazetteers, (SUBSCRIPTION)

To use this FREE service, log into the Statistical Accounts on the Web at: To find out about future developments,