William Blake Archive :William Blake Archive Theresa Young


WBA Goals and Scope :WBA Goals and Scope Bring balance between Blake’s prints, paintings and poetry Want to evolve so the WBA has the highest ratio of coverage to scholarly value possible Begin with a backbone and build out from there


Goals and Scope, Continued :Goals and Scope, Continued Phases of development Phase 1: Searchable SGML-encoded archive, acquire major works required for base of collection, place in archive, fully marked and public, at least one copy of each illuminated book Phase 2: multiple copies of each book, from different printings or with significant differences Include copies never before reproduced or poorly reproduced


“Fundamental Unit” :“Fundamental Unit” Emphasize the physical object over the logical textual unit This fundamental emphasis supports both their archival and editorial objectives


WBA Selection Criteria :WBA Selection Criteria Began with illuminated books Expand from the core collection Prioritize according to clusters I.e. Medium, subject, theme Include all typographical materials due to rarity and uniqueness


Selection Priorities :Selection Priorities 1a: Large clusters of significant works 1b: Individual works that relate to the illuminated books 2a: Works in subcategories with a large and representative sample 2b: Entirety of original and reproductive prints 3: Manuscripts and typographic work


WBA Materials: File Formats :WBA Materials: File Formats Images in TIFF Color-corrected images in JPEG, ISO/IEC 10918 Inline images of 100 dpi and enlargements of 300 dpi


WBA Materials: Metadata :WBA Materials: Metadata Varies by each document, included in Image Information record Additional bibliographic info Provenance Current location Current owner Done in XML, with BAD and BOD Materials other than Blake materials, TEI is used


WBA Copyrights :WBA Copyrights Concerns because of high-profile materials Must obtain permission for use from owners for inclusion Return copyright of digital object, as well as digital object itself, to the owner Fair use applies Public access =/= public domain


WBA Interface Features :WBA Interface Features Main page includes links to several categories Navigation through link-lists, multiple layers Searching has boolean operators, proximity Image searching has controlled vocab Useability is low for disabled people


WBA Evaluation :WBA Evaluation Usability: moderately high Accessibility problems Collection quality: high Service quality: high Controlled vocabulary leads to precision but collection is better suited for browsing User opinion solicitation: high Impact: high Centralized location for materials previously differentiated


Resources :Resources William Blake Archive. http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/ “Plan for the Archive”. William Blake Archive. http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/public/about/plan/index.html “Technical Summary”. William Blake Archive. http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/public/about/tech/index.html


Resources :Resources “Frequently Asked Questions”. William Blake Archive. http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/public/about/faq/index.html “Editorial Principles: Methodology and Standards in the Blake Archive”. William Blake Archive. http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/public/about/principles/index.html


Resources :Resources Xie, H. (Iris). (2006). Evaluation of digital libraries: Criteria and problems from users’ perspectives. Library and Information Science Reseach, 28. doi: 10.1016/j.lisr.2006.06.002