What is BaOBab?
How does it work?
To use the toolkit => answer two questions
Many different kinds of resources and tools
- those developed within the scope of the Biblissima project
- those that joined the project after their development
- others that are simply referenced with a link
1) What do you want to do?
- identify something
2) What do you want to identify?
- a text
BaOBab: the Biblissima Toolkit
Historical Period, Country, Date...
Tool or resource record
- tool or resource name
- URL
- specific vocabularies as filters
- description
Why BaOBab?
a record for each resource or tool
- navigation from one record to the next
- option to export or to print the record
- unique and stable URL for each record
From Manuscript to Scientific Publication
- for Boite à Outils BiBlissima
- like a giant tree of resources and knowledge with tools as leaves.
- work done with these tools will be the fruit!
What is BaOBab?
Bénédicte Giffard - Ljubljana - 22-24 April 2015
A collection of resources, tools, guidelines and tutorials
- for collecting and producing data about the circulation of texts, the history of libraries and the transmission of knowledge in Europe from the 8th to the 18th centuries.
How do I find the resource or tool I need?
Who is it for?
- full-time researchers
- teachers and professors
- students
- librarians
- archivists
- curators
- ...
- Different steps involved in studying medieval manuscripts, incunabula and early printed books.
- Progression but no preconceived path when using the toolkit.
--> anyone with an interest in this field !
How do I find the resource or tool I need?
- a single resource or tool may correspond to more than one action
- controlled vocabularies divide actions into categories (e.g.: Manuscript, Shelfmark, Dictionaries)
"Getting started"
- resources and tools that are particularly accessible and easy to use.
- resources and tools considered essential in certain fields
Any questions ?
benedicte.giffard@irht.cnrs.fr
elizabeth.macdonald@biblissima-condorcet.fr