GeoDigRef

Title

GeoDigRef

Duration

October 2008 – August 2009

Summary

GeoDigRef is a short project investigating the advantages of metadata enrichment across three diverse resource collections funded under the JISC Digitisation programme.

Using natural language processing technology, existing metadata for Histpop (a collection of British historical Population) Reports, BOPCRIS (British official publications Collaborative Reader Information Service) and the British Library Archival Sound Recordings collections, will be enriched with explicit georeferencing information

In the case of Histpop and BOPCRIS, a unified cross-collections geo-search demonstrator showcasing collection-browsing by an innovative map based interface will be produced. Evaluation reports on the merits and wider applicability of this approach to other collections will also be produced.

Project Deliverables

• Geo-search demonstrator
• Evaluation reports

EDINA Contact

James Reid, Project Manager

Funders

JISC (opens new window)

Links

• Histpop (opens new window)
• BOPCRIS (opens new window)
• British Library Archival Sound Recordings collections (opens new window)
• JISC Digitisation programme (opens new window)