1. Electronic Ephemera Digitized selections from the John Johnson Collection Michael Popham & David Tomkins http://johnjohnson.chadwyck.co.uk/

2. JISC JISC Mass Digitization programme –Phase One: 6 projects, £10M began in 2004 –Phase Two: 16 projects, £12M, January 2007 The application process: –Two-stage (April '06, August '06) Examples of other Phase II projects –WWI Poetry Digital Archive, C19th Pamphlets, BL Newspapers, NLW Welsh journals etc.WWI Poetry Digital ArchiveC19th PamphletsBL NewspapersNLW Welsh journals

3. Why the John Johnson? JISC criteria Exposing a “hidden collection” Of interest to a wider community Large collection; fragile; constraints on physical access Previous work –Toyota City ImagingToyota City Imaging –BackstageBackstage –ODL Development Fund (x2) C18 entertainment; Writing Blanks….C18 entertainmentWriting Blanks….

6. Why ProQuest? JISC’s enthusiasm for public-private collaborations ProQuest’s experience –Chadwyck-Healey (+UMI)Chadwyck-Healey –Literature OnlineLiterature Online –Early English Books Online (EEBO/-TCP)Early English Books Online (EEBO/-TCP) Business model –Sustainability (by charging non-UK subscribers) –Design expertise –Promotion & marketing –Helpline, documentation

7. Ephemera ‘the minor transient documents of everyday life…’ Maurice Rickards ‘the ephemera of today becomes the evidential data of tomorrow...’ John de Monins Johnson

8. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/johnson/johnson.htm

9. Project content Five sections, comprising ca. 65K items and 150K+ images: Entertainment: 19 th century theatre and non-theatrical material Booktrade: publishing material (e.g. prospectuses, 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: the judicial system and its punishments Advertising: in all its printed forms

10. Project method 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 odigitization (Capita) ProQuest are responsible for delivery of the resource, and its associated services, on the web

11. http://johnjohnson.chadwyck.co.uk/ David Tomkins Project Manager, John Johnson Project Rooms (218 and 219), Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG Tel: 01865-287131 Email: david.tomkins@bodley.ox.ac.uk