[OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data

Thu Jan 21 18:16:55 UTC 2016

Hi Gill,

Yes, that would be great!
Cheers,

Marco

On 1/21/16 16:26, Hamilton, Gill wrote:
> Hi Marco
>
> Most of the digital.nls.uk resources will have OCR transcriptions
> associated with them.  The Library licenses OCR transcriptions as
> CC-BY.  I could supply an XML file that contains the OCR for each of the
> titles/volumes.  Let me know.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Gill
>
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> *From:*Marco Fossati [mailto:fossati at spaziodati.eu]
> *Sent:* 21 January 2016 13:54
> *To:* Kristian Nordestgaard
> *Cc:* Hamilton, Gill; open-glam at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data
>
> (Removing other lists from CC, as open glam seems the most relevant one)
>
> Thanks a lot Gill and Kristian for the pointers.
> I should have been more specific in my request, as I am actually looking
> for biographies **written in English** and available as **parsable raw
> text** (embedded in whatever format).
> Hence, @Gill, are the resources from digital.nls.uk
> <http://digital.nls.uk> available in a format other than a book?
> And @Kristian, are the biographies from Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon also
> available in English?
>
> Thanks again to everyone!
> Cheers,
>
> Marco
>
> Il 20 gen 2016 9:41 PM, "Kristian Nordestgaard" <kristian9k at gmail.com
> <mailto:kristian9k at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
>
> Danish artists: https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/
>
> The page is in a mix of English and Danish, sadly, but I believe you can
> work out the basics regardless.
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Hamilton, Gill <G.Hamilton at nls.uk
> <mailto:G.Hamilton at nls.uk>> wrote:
>
> Hi Marco
>
> Not sure if this is the sort of thing you are looking for …..
>
> *The biographical dictionary of Scottish Women *
>
> ISBN 0748617132
>
> https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_biographical_dictionary_of_Scottish.html?id=QIRnAAAAMAAJ
>
> *Histories of Scottish families*
>
> http://digital.nls.uk/93506071
>
> *Genealogical collections concerning families in Scotland, made by
> Walter Macfarlane, 1750-1751*
>
> http://digital.nls.uk/74466633
>
> *Biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen*
>
> http://digital.nls.uk/74458002
>
> *Library of Congress Name Authority file (LCNAF)*
>
> These authorised versions of names are created as a result of literary
> warrant
>
> http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First -
> text version
>
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html - RDF/LOD version
>
> *Virtual International Authority File*
>
> In use already on Wikipedia, includes LCNAF and many other name
> authority files from national libraries.
>
> https://viaf.org/ has RDF representation too
>
> Cheers
>
> Gill
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-glam [mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> <mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org>] On Behalf Of Marco Fossati
> Sent: 20 January 2016 16:40
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> Subject: [OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The StrepHit IEG project [1] is currently in the phase of curating a
> list of reliable sources containing biographical data.
>
> The mix'n'match tool [2] already maintains a list.
>
> Can anyone involved in GLAM projects please suggest any more reliable
> sources?
>
> Thanks for getting in touch with me!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marco
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References
>
> [2] https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/
>
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