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The Finding Aids The
National Library's Manuscript Collection Accessing
Original Collection Items Borrowing
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in Manuscripts The
Digital Manuscript Collection Using
the Digital Manuscript Collection System
Requirements Minimum
Screen Resolution
Minimum Browser
Versions
Navigation
Image Displays
Thumbnails
View
Examination
Interactive
Image
Interactive
Image Thumbnail
Tiles
Navigation Tools
Zooming
Browse Items
Browse Parts
Using the Select
Set Menu
Using the Select
Part Menu
Using Arrow Buttons
Interactive
Image Zooming
Interactive
Image Panning
Interactive
Image Plug-ins
Breadcrumbs
Copying
and Downloading Printing
Digital Collection Items Print
Button
Printing
Through Your Browser
Printing
Background Colours and Images
Citing Digital Collection
Items Persistent
Identifiers
Item and
Page Citation
Obtaining
Higher Quality Copies Publishing
Digital Collection Items Other
Digital Collections Feedback
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| Searching
This Finding Aid
You may search digitised finding
aids by using the search box located on the home page of the finding
aid. Type in any search terms you wish to search for in this box,
eg: diary, and then press the Go button. (Use more search
terms to refine your search, eg: diary social events).
This search is a keyword search.
If you would like to search
for a phrase, please include the phrase in quotes. For example:
"diary recording daily social events".
This search will only retrieve
items or pages within the particular finding aid you are located
in. To search all finding aids, please refer to the section on Searching
Other Finding Aids.
To search within each page
you will need to use the browser Find function. This will be the
case if you are viewing a non-digitised Manuscript Collection Finding
Aid, or if you navigated to a particular page from the search results
of a digitised Manuscript Collection. Select the Edit menu, then
select Find (or use Control + F) to locate the particular text string
you are searching for.
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Searching
Other Finding Aids
To search other findings aids,
return to the Manuscript
Finding Aids home page. Type in the keywords you wish to search
for eg: national prominence. If you would like to search
for a phrase, please include the phrase in quotes eg: "national
prominence".
Several hundred Manuscript
finding aids are available for searching.
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Printing the Finding
Aid
To print a PDF copy of a digitised
manuscripts colleciton finding aid, return to the home page of the
finding aid and click on the link "Print complete finding aid".
To print single page (non-digitised
manuscripts collection) finding aids, select the File menu and then
select Print.
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| The Digital
Manuscript Collection
The National Library’s
Digital Manuscript Collection currently provides access to more
than 2300 items, which have been digitised as part of the National
Library’s digitisation program. The collection will expand
over time as the National Library continues its special collections
digitisation program.
The Digital Manuscript Collection
includes the papers of Australia’s first prime minister Sir
Edmund Barton (MS 51) and Australia's second prime minister
Alfred Deakin, the
correspondence of Sir Joseph
Banks (MS 9) and Lord
Sandwich (MS 7218), papers relating to Waltzing
Matilda (MS 9065) and manuscripts of George Raper, midshipman
on HMS Sirius. Other digital treasures include Captain Cook’s
Endeavour journal (MS 1) and the William Wills diary (MS 30/7).
For more information on the
National Library's digitisation program, please see: http://www.nla.gov.au/digital/program.html
and http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/
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| Using the Digital
Manuscript Collection
The National Library of Australia's
Digital Manuscript Collection allows users to view and interact
with manuscripts in a way that is as close as possible to the experience
of using the original item.
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| System Requirements
Minimum Screen Resolution
To comfortably view the Digital
Manuscript Collection, set the screen resolution of your monitor
to 600x800 pixels or higher.
Minimum Browser Version
The Digital Manuscript Collection
works best with any browser version numbered 4 or higher (Netscape
Navigator 4.0 or above, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above).
You can upgrade your browser by going to the Netscape
website or Microsoft website
and following the prompts. These browsers are free.
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| Navigation
The Digital Manuscript Collection
offers a range of navigation choices, including the ability to view
images at different resolutions, and to move between the whole manuscript
and tiles (sections of the manuscript) if the manuscript has been
digitised in sections due to the size of the original.
Image Displays
Each manuscript can be viewed
in a number of different sizes. The default image view is the 'Thumbnails'
for single manuscript items, where up to 20 parts of an item can
be viewed at once.
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| Thumbnails |
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| Thumbnails
are the default pages for items in the Digital Manuscripts Collection.
Thumbnails are smaller image representations of larger images, designed
to make looking at groups of images easier and faster. National
Library thumbnails are created with a maximum height or width of
150 pixels.
Selecting the thumbnails display
allows users to view up to 20 thumbnail images related to the digital
item being displayed, and to navigate to further sets of 20 thumbnails
for longer manuscript collection items.
Zoom in
to view copies of manuscript images by clicking directly on the
desired thumbnail.
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| View |
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| View copies
are designed to fit comfortably on a 600 x 800 screen, and to print
to a standard A4 page. National Library view copies are created
with a maximum height or width of 760 pixels.
Zoom in
to examination copies of manuscript images by clicking directly
on the desired view copy.
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| Examination |
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| Examination
copies provide a more detailed view of Digital Manuscript Collection
items. Examination copies may require some horizontal scrolling
on your browser to view different sections of the page, and will
take longer to download, due to the larger file size. National Library
examination copies are created with a maximum height or width of
1000 pixels.
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| Interactive Image |
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| The interactive
image allows for a more engaging experience of the books and serials.
Choose the 'Interactive Image' button for even closer inspection
of the book or serial item. Use the left-hand toolbar and the pan
icons surrounding the book or serial to zoom in, zoom out and pan
to different sections of the book or serial. To zoom in, simply
click on the image. To pan around the image, click on the pan words
(i.e. pan right) surrounding the image. Alternatively, there is
a toolbar to the left of the image, which provides the zoom in,
zoom out and pan options.
The pixel dimensions and zoom
level of the book or serial are displayed above and below the interactive
image. The size of the interactive image can be changed to match
your screen resolution using the drop-down menu listing the available
pixel dimensions. If you wish to change the size of the interactive
image, click on the downwards-pointing arrow to choose the pixel
dimensions. If JavaScript is disabled in your browser you may need
to click the Go button.
In some instances, the first
view of the book or serial may be smaller than the size of the interactive
image window. In this case, click on the image once to zoom in.
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| Interactive
Image Thumbnail
The Interactive Image Thumbnail,
located in the top right hand corner of the page, can be used as
a reference when using the interactive image. A red box outline
on the small thumbnail of the whole book or serial indicates which
section of the book or serial you are viewing. This box will change
size depending on what the main interactive image zoom resolution
is. Click on the thumbnail to move the red box to different places
and navigate around the main image.
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| Tiles |
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| You can choose
a tile view if the book or serial item was digitised in sections
because of size. Tiles are images of sections of a book or serial.
These are created when an entire book or serial cannot be digitised
as a whole. In the tile view, you can use the dropdown menu to navigate
between the image of the whole book or serial, the 'tiles' or sections
of the book or serial.
Book and Serial tiles are
referred to by a letter and a number which forms a grid, for example
'Tile a1'. Numbers represent the columns and letters represent the
rows. 'Tile a1' is the top left-hand corner tile. 'Tile c2' is located
on the third row, and is the second tile from the left.
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| Navigation
Tools
We have included a number
of navigation tools to help you move around within a manuscript
or collection - and to know where you are. |
| Zooming
Use the Zoom buttons to navigate
between view and examination copies of Digital Manuscript Collection
items.
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| Zoom In |
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| Click Zoom
In to move from a view copy to an examination copy.
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| Zoom Out |
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| Click Zoom
Out to move from an examination copy to a view copy.
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| Browse
Items |
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| To browse through
a series of manuscripts, item by item, use the arrows located directly
to the right of the 'Browse Ieries' text. This allows you to move
between each of the manuscript items in a particular series.
If you would like to view
individual parts within a manuscript item you will need to Browse
the Parts of an item.
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| Browse
Parts
To browse through the individual
parts (or pages) of a selected manuscript item, use the arrows located
to the far right side of the page, to navigate. Alternatively, use
the 'Select part' drop down menu to navigate
to a particular page.
If you wish to browse through
manuscript items within the series, you will need to Browse
the Items.
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| Using the Select Set
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| When viewing
the thumbnails of a manuscript item with more than 20 parts, a 'Select
set' drop down menu will appear. Use this Select Set drop down menu
to navigate to thumbnails page views of the item.
Very large items may not have
every set listed within the Select Set menu. For extremely large
items, select the number set closest to the one you are interested
in, and use the forward and back
arrows to complete your navigation.
To use the Select Set menu,
simply click on the downwards-pointing arrow and choose your desired
page. If JavaScript is disabled in your browser, you may need to
click the Go button.
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| Using the Select Part
Menu |
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| For a manuscript
item with multiple parts (multiple pages), a 'Select part' drop
down menu will appear. Use this Select Part drop down menu to navigate
to different parts within an item.
Items with many parts may
not have every part listed within the Select Part menu. For large
items, select the number closest to the one you are interested in,
and use the forward and back
arrows to complete your navigation.
To use the Select Page menu,
simply click on the downwards-pointing arrow and choose your desired
page. If JavaScript is disabled in your browser, you may need to
click the Go button.
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| Using Arrow
Buttons
Arrow buttons can be used
for browsing through a manuscript series, item by item, and also
for browsing through each of the parts (pages) within an individual
manuscript item. Four buttons will appear next to the 'Browse
Items' text. To move through the items in the series, either
backwards or forwards, or to navigate directly to the beginning
or end of a Digital Manuscript Collection series, use these four
'arrow' navigation buttons.
Similarly, four navigation
buttons will appear to the far right of the page. Use these to navigate
thorough individual parts of a manuscript item one-by-one, either
backwards or forwards, or to navigate directly to the beginning
or end of a Digital Manuscript Collection item:
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| First |
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| Previous |
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| Next |
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| Last
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Image Zooming
To zoom into an interactive
image, click directly onto the book or serial image. Otherwise,
there is a toolbar containing the zoom in and zoom out buttons to
the left of the image. To zoom out, click on the zoom out button
in the toolbar.
At any stage the image can
be reset to the original starting size using the reset button. |
| Zoom In |
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| Zoom Out |
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| Reset
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| Interactive
Image Panning
To pan around the image, click
on the pan words surrounding the image (i.e. pan right). There is
also the option to pan in a diagonal direction by clicking on the
small triangle arrows located in each of the four corners surrounding
the image. Alternatively, there is a toolbar containing the pan
up, pan down, pan left and pan right buttons to the left of the
image. Use any of these buttons to pan around the image. |
| Pan Top Left |
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| Pan Top Right |
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| Pan Bottom Left |
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| Pan Bottom Right |
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| Pan Up |
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| Pan Down |
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| Pan Left |
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| Pan Right
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| Interactive
Image Plug-ins
A MrSID browser plug-in can
also be used to view this page. To use this plug-in, click on the
'view with plug-in' button. If you don't have the MrSID. Sid plug-in,
it can be downloaded
for Windows computers. Viewing the interactive image using the MrSID
plug-in provides similar zooming and panning facilities. However
viewing with this plug-in also provides extra zoom and panning options:
to be able to draw a box over any section of a book or serial to
zoom into and the option to pick-up and drag the image with the
mouse. These options are unavailable when viewing the image without
the MrSID plug-in.
The MrSID plug-in displays
small icons along the toolbar. These icons provide the means to
navigate around the book or serial, click the required icon to make
it active. From left to right they are: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Select
Zoom (this provides the option of drawing a square box around the
area you would like to zoom into), Pan (which allows the image to
be dragged in the direction you require), Full View Image (which
resets the image back to it's original size), Other Options and
Help. If you are unsure of which icon to use, roll the mouse over
the icon and the icon's name will appear in text. For further assistance
with using the MrSID plug-in, click on the "?" in the
plug-in toolbar menu. This will provide help from the MrSID plug-in
website.
To return to the previous
interactive image view, click on the "view without plug-in'
button located to the left of the image.
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| View With Plug-in |
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| View Without Plug-in
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| Breadcrumbs |
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| 'Breadcrumbs'
track where you are, and where you have just been in the Digital
Manuscript Collection site. Breadcrumbs provide links back to the
sections of the website you have previously visited within a single
session.
You can also use breadcrumbs
to navigate: click on any of the words within the breadcrumb trail,
and the browser will return you to that page.
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| Copying
and Downloading
Please read the National Library
of Australia's Digital Collections copyright
statement on the copyright status of items available through
this service.
Manuscript material that has
been published on a website or in print is in copyright for 50 years
after the first date of publication. Digital manuscript images available
through this service are published items and may be saved or printed
for research and study. If you wish to publish an image in any way,
including as part of another website, you will need written permission
from the National Library of Australia to do so. You may also need
the permission of the copyright owners.
You may download images from
the Digital Manuscript Collection for personal use, in accordance
with copyright law. You may not publish
images from the Digital Manuscript Collection without seeking written
permission from the National Library of Australia.
To download a manuscript item
on a PC, place your mouse over the image you would like to download,
and click the right mouse button. Choose the appropriate save
option for your browser (save picture as/save image as/save image).
Then select a directory to save the image in.
To download a manuscript item
on a Macintosh computer, place your mouse over the image you would
like to download and then hold the mouse button down. Select the
appropriate save option for your browser (save picture as/save image
as/save image). Then select a folder to save the image in.
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| Printing Digital
Collection Items
You may print Digital Manuscript
Collection items for personal or research purposes. You may download,
display a print and reproduce this content for personal or non-commercial
use but only in an unaltered form.
If you wish to publish
an image in any way, including as part of another website, you will
need written permission from the National Library of Australia to
do so. You may also need permission from the appropriate copyright
owners.
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| Print
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| If you are
using a PC, you may print the current page you are viewing by clicking
on the "Print" icon. This will print the page exactly
as you see it. If you are using a Macintosh computer, you may need
to print a single page through your
browser print option.
Printing Through
Your Browser
You may also print a single
page of the item using the print option in the file menu of your
browser software. The printed results will vary according to your
browser and page set-up. We advise that you print the View
Copy of the page as these dimensions have been designed to fit
a standard A4 page.
Printing Background
Colours and Images
If you are using Internet
Explorer as your web browser, you will need to make a change to
your settings if you want to print the background colours and images
of this website. Select the Tools Menu and then select Internet
Options. Click the Advanced Option and scroll until you locate the
Printing section. Tick the box marked 'Print background colours
and images'.
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| Citing Digital
Collection items
Online resources need to be
cited correctly if you have used them for your research. The Digital
Manuscript Collection provides detailed information to allow you
to cite at either a broad item level, or at a particular image view
level.
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| Persistent
Identifiers |
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Library of Australia uses persistent identifiers (PI's) as a permanent
naming scheme for Internet resources. Persistent identifiers for
whole items - or for pages or images within an item mean
that URLs you include in your research references will always be
'live', even if there is a change in the way the National Library's
Digital Collection is stored and made accessible.
For more information regarding
the National Library of Australia's persistent identifier scheme,
please read: http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/persistence.html
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| Item
and Page Citation
To cite an entire digital
item, page citation reference at the bottom of the first page displayed
for that item.
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To cite a particular
page from the Digital Manuscript Collection, use the citation details
located below each image.
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view of a page - for example, if you wish to reference a handwritten
annotation on a manuscript displayed through the Digital Manuscript
Collection - reference the higher resolution examination copy.
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to cite a view copy page use: |
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| For example,
to cite an examination copy page use:
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| Obtaining
Higher Quality Copies
You may save or print images
from the Digital Manuscript Collection for research and study. You
may also order higher quality copies of manuscripts by contacting
the Manuscript
Section. This is a commercial service and a fee will be charged
for copy provision.
Some items available through
this service may still be in copyright. While the National Library
may be able to assist with referrals to copyright holders, responsibility
for ensuring copyright requirements are met rests with you.
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| Publishing
Digital Collection Items
If you wish to publish Digital
Manuscript Collection items in any form, including books, journals,
other websites or merchandise (e.g. postcards), you must, in the
first instance, seek the National Library's permission to do so.
To publish photographic, digital
images or photocopies of manuscripts available through this service,
contact the Manuscript Section at: http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/assistms.html
Digital manuscripts available
through this service are in copyright for 50 years after they were
first published. If the item you wish to publish is still in copyright,
you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright holder
or holders - usually the creator of the material or his or her heirs.
While the National Library of Australia may be able to assist with
referrals to copyright holders, responsibility for ensuring copyright
requirements are met rests with you.
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| Other
Digital Collections
Items from the National Library's
collections are available through the online
Catalogue, Digital
Printed Music Collection and Digitised
Map Collection. The National Library of Australia is releasing
other Digital Collections as they become available, including items
from the oral history collection.
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| Feedback
Please provide us with your
feedback, comments and reports of any problems you experience using
the Manuscript finding aids or Digital Manuscript Collection. Contact
us by using the information found on the page: http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/assistms.html
Requests for research assistance
can also be directed to the Manuscript Information Services staff
using the online
form.
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