Ymchwil Research Ymchwil Research RESAW Ioan Isaac-Richards Ingest Processes Manager Head of Web Archiving

Ymchwil Research National Library of Wales

Ymchwil Research Digital Collections and the National Library of Wales Access to Welsh and Celtic materials by global audience Preservation Collections enhancement Community engagement A cohesive, national collection Underlying principle: free access to digital content

Ymchwil Research Web Archive Permission Based – Collection Development Policy – Web Curator Tool (WCT) – 1,500 Websites – 10,000 Gathers – 3.5 TB – Legal Deposit – Collaboration with Legal Deposit Libraries – Harvest entire UK domain – URLs Crawled: 1,385,535,284 – Size: 31 TB – Access only in reading rooms

Ymchwil Research Aims of the NLW Research Programme UNDERSTANDING USE Understand use of existing digital content ENHANCING CONTENT Identify ways of making existing digital content more useful for research, teaching or community engagement DEVELOPING NEW DIGITAL CONTENT develop new digital content that addresses specific research or education needs, in partnership with academics and other key stakeholders

Ymchwil Research Activities: NLW Research Programme in Digital Collections PhD students developed in partnership with HEIs and based at NLW Funded projects and activities with national and international collaborators New projects in development, and funding applications National and international networks Programme of workshop, publications, and activities around digital collections and research

Ymchwil Research A brief history of the programme January 2011: Programme established with appointment of Prof Lorna Hughes as University of Wales Chair in Digital Collections (based at NLW) October 2011: 1 st PhD students recruited (currently 4) February 2012: JISC funds WW1 digitisation project May 2013: appointment of 2 full-time digital collections staff: Owain Roberts (e-Cloud, 18 months) Paul McCann (AHRC University of Wales projects, 24 Months) : development of significant collaborative projects…

Ymchwil Research Digital Scholarship at NLW: Scope

Ymchwil Research Conservation and Digital Exchange Increase Capacity – Storage – Resources for analogue and digital preservation – Public engagement National Conservation Service – Providing information on documentary heritage maintenance – Training in conservation skills – Collaboration Trusted Digital Repository – Scalable technical infrastructure – Business models for service provision – Sharing of expertise and best practice – Strategic direction for Wales

Ymchwil Research Ymchwil Research RESAW Ioan Isaac-Richards Ingest Processes Manager Head of Web Archiving

Ymchwil Research Preserving Digital Collections Fedora/Vital – Commercial product supplied by VTLS – Fedora with add-ons: Front End Client Support Implementation – Installed in 2005 – Works in line with Open Archive Information System (OAIS) Metadata – Catalogue (Descriptive Metadata, MARC) – DAMS VITAL (Technical Metadata, File Structure, XML/METS)

Ymchwil Research Aims and objectives of the Research Programme in Digital Collections Developing an evidence base for the use, value and impact of the digital collections of NLW Embedding these collections in research, education and community engagement Providing a focus for digital humanities in Wales Developing significant new national and international collaborations. Implementing the convergent practices that are embedded in digital humanities in NLW collections-based work The research focus of the programme: Developing an understanding of use of our existing digital content, to make it more valuable for use in research, teaching, or community engagement Building projects that develop new digital content that addresses specific research or education needs, in partnership with academics and other key stakeholders Bringing Digital Humanities to the Digital Library

Ymchwil Research The Collections Unique, rare and distinct collections – Manuscripts – Works of Art – Archives – National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales Born Digital – Web Archive – Etheses Digitised Collections – Welsh Journals Online – Welsh Newspapers Online – Cymru 1914 – Welsh Experience of the First World War

Ymchwil Research NLW Research Programme in Digital Collections: a brief history January 2011: programme established with appointment of University of Wales Chair in Digital Collections October 2011: 1 st PhD students recruited (currently 4) May 2013: appointment of 2 full-time digital collections staff: Owain Roberts; and Paul McCann : development of significant collaborative projects… Project partners include: The European Library; University of Wales; Oxford University; Yale University; Stanford University; the Met Office; ITHAKA S&R; Glasgow University; Swansea University; performer Eddie Ladd; BBC Cymru Wales; Archives and Records Council Wales; the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; University College, London; Queen’s University, Belfast; History of Parliament Trust; Institute of Historical Research; Sheffield University Humanities Research Institute; the Open University; King’s College, London; Aberystwyth University; Bangor University and Cardiff University

Ymchwil Research The Collections Published Output of the UK and Ireland – Printed Material – Electronic Material (new and growing) Unique, rare and distinct collections – Manuscripts – Works of Art – Archives – National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales – 267 Languages represented in the NLW catalogue Digitised Collections – Welsh Journals Online – Welsh Newspapers Online – Cymru 1914 – Welsh Experience of the First World War