EXPLORING
GLAM Data

Tim Sherratt ・@wragge ・timsherratt.org

mostly Australian

These slides

https://slides.com/wragge/resbaz-2021

1994–1997

Seeing differently

WWI service records

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=B2455

WEST Ernest Robert : Service Number - 5091 : Place of Birth - Benambra VIC : Place of Enlistment - Sale VIC : Next of Kin - (Mother) WEST Mrs F M

Name: WEST Ernest Robert
Service Number: 5091
Place of Birth: Benambra VIC
Place of Enlistment: Sale VIC
Next of Kin: (Mother) WEST Mrs F M

structured data!

Kevin

me

https://github.com/wragge/recordsearch_data_scraper

NAA: ST84/1, 1913/119/41-50

http://iabrowse.herokuapp.com/series/ST84-1/browse/

https://www.realfaceofwhiteaustralia.net/faces/

See: Sherratt & Bagnall, 'The people inside' in Seeing the Past with Computers

The REAL FACE OF WHITE AUSTRALIA

ASKINg NEW Questions

OCRd text

image

metadata

2011

2021

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/

2011

2021

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-harvester/

http://timsherratt.org/blog/who-belongs/

Understanding Access

1915

2011

2014

2014

2021

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/

http://closedaccess.herokuapp.com/

https://insidestory.org.au/withheld-pending-advice/

https://twitter.com/wragge/status/1344805120261832705

https://updates.timsherratt.org/2021/04/21/secrets-and-lives.html

#redactionart

https://github.com/wragge/diy-redactionart

Creating pathways

GLAM data is...

  • collection metadata
  • text
  • images, sound, & video
  • 3d models
  • user generated
  • born digital
  • extracted & enriched
  • & more...

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-music/

ABC RN
presenters

GLAM data

ReseArchers

GLAM WORKBENCH

https://glam-workbench.net/

  • Trove
  • DigitalNZ
  • Commonwealth Hansard
  • NAA RecordSearch
  • NMA
  • Te Papa
  • Open data portals
  • Web Archives
  • & more!

COLLECTIONS

https://glam-workbench.net/web-archives/

gov.au
subdomains

  • 100+ Jupyter notebooks
  • Live code, text, images
  • Same code, different views
  • All in your browser!

The HOW

&

THE WHY

code

chart

text

Jupyter notebook

Getting started

Try it!

https://glam-workbench.net/getting-started/

https://glam-workbench.net/nma/

National Museum of Australia

Explore APIs

  • Trove
  • DigitalNZ
  • National Museum of Australia
  • Te Papa
  • Museums Victoria
  • Web Archives

https://glam-workbench.net/museumsvictoria/

https://glam-workbench.net/more-glam-notebooks/

PLACES TO START

&

PLACES TO GO

GLAM CSV Explorer

Try it!

https://glam-workbench.net/csv-explorer/

app

notebook

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/

ZooM out

&

Zoom in

TROVE newspaper harvester

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-harvester/

HarvestING DATA

READY-TO-GO Data!

Web archives

https://glam-workbench.github.io/web-archives/

abc.net.au

PLATFORMS

&

ENVIRONMENTS

Jump in with Binder

one click to start

https://glam-workbench.net/using-binder/

Reclaim Cloud

https://glam-workbench.net/using-reclaim-cloud/

NECTAR Cloud

https://glam-workbench.net/using-nectar/

A work in progress

HAVE SUGGESTIONS?

https://github.com/GLAM-Workbench/glam-workbench.github.io/issues

Need help?

https://ozglam.chat/c/glam-workbench/

Need help?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAclcciEeCD2z2BWQ2r3xD_Q8c05HppfP

Need help?

The GLAM Workbench is...

  • Free!
  • Openly licensed to encourage reuse & modification
  • Shared through GitHub
  • Preserved in Zenodo

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/

https://github.com/sponsors/wragge

Thank you!

Tim Sherratt

@wragge

https://glam-workbench.net/

Exploring GLAM data

By Tim Sherratt

Exploring GLAM data

ResBaz Queensland, November 2021

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