Collecting & Connecting for

Research

DCDC15 Workshop

“We make our intellectual heritage accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment.”

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Our Core Purposes

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• Over 30 collaborative PhDs co-supervised by BL staff with UK university partners from Stirling to Exeter

• PhD Student Placement Scheme launching Nov 2015

• Doctoral Training Partnerships

• Annual Season of Doctoral Open Days

Building National Research Capacity

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ethos.bl.uk

Tell the world why your PhD research is important!

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Access over 400,000 thesis records online for free

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Connecting Creators, Users and Data

British Library is a member of DataCite, an international organisation that aims to:

• establish easier access to research data on the Internet

• increase acceptance of research data as legitimate, citable contributions to the scholarly record

• support data archiving that will permit results to be verified and re-purposed for future study

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Project-thor.eu

• Establishing Interoperability

• Integrating Services

• Building Capacity

• Achieving Sustainability

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Connecting Digital Infrastructure

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Collaborations for Research

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BL- Qatar Foundation Partnership

• Bi-lingual online library

• Gulf history, culture & science

• Manuscripts, private papers, maps, drawings, photos, recordings, archives

• Contextual essays and links

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Opinion & Interpretation

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Teaching & Learning

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www.futurelearn.com/courses/propaganda

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Evolving Approaches to Online Access…

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www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

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videoserver.bl.uk

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sounds.bl.uk

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Save Our Sounds

• Sound Heritage: Safeguarding the nation’s unique recordings

• Digital Acquisition: Acquiring the UK’s published sound and music

• Radio Archive: Developing a radio archive for the UK

• Engagement: Involving partners & public, training & learning

• Infrastructure : Long-term capability for preservation & access

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Capturing the Nation in Conversation

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Events & Exhibitions Onsites

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Events & Exhibitions Online

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The Knowledge Quarter

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Transforming St Pancras

Thanks for Listening

Dr Allan Sudlow

Head of Research Development

allan.sudlow@bl.uk