Project Brief
The South Seas Project (formerly the Endeavour Project) is a collaborative research venture involving the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University; the National Library of Australia; and the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre at the University of Melbourne. The aim of the Project is to produce a model for scholarly publishing using original and secondary sources relating to Cook and South Seas exploration. The web site for the project is .
The National Library's contribution to this project is to create digital images of an agreed selection of printed, pictorial and map collection material relating to James Cook's first Pacific voyage of 1768-1771 and other 18th century voyaging in Australia and the Pacific. It will also host the website on the National Library's server and manage it into the future; and provide technical assistance and advice as required.
The National Library's project objectives are to:
Manuscripts:
Print collections (plates only):
Maps:
| NLA staff | South Seas Project participants | Other |
|---|---|---|
| Representatives on South Seas Steering Committee (Pam Gatenby, Warwick Cathro, Tony Boston) | Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University | Researchers interested in the South Sea voyages of discovery |
| Digitisation Steering Committee | Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne | Institutions with related collections and subject interest |
| Digitisation Project | Public | |
| Preservation Services | ||
| Imaging Services | ||
| Special Materials Cataloguing | ||
| Pictorial Curator | ||
| Map Curator |
| Item | Responsibility | Date completed or time period |
|---|---|---|
| Assess proportion of bound works to be digitised | Deirdre Kiorgaard in consultation with Preservation Services and Information Services | Completed |
| Preservation assessment | Lisa Jeong-Reuss | Completed |
| Treatment | Lisa Jeong-Reuss | Completed |
| Digitise with digital camera | Imaging Services | Completed August 2003 |
| Quality check images | Completed August 2003 | |
| Create Finding aids | Diana Dack/Deirdre Kiorgaard | Completed December 2003 |
| Project owner/Driver | Pamela Gatenby / Paul Turnbull (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, ANU) |
| Project manager | Deirdre Kiorgaard |
| Constraints | May need to trial use of EAD with non-manuscript
collections. Delivery system for images from the book collection is under development during 2003 |
Digitisation Team (Tom Ruthven, Erica Ryan)
Map Collection (Maura
O'Connor)
Australian Book Collection (Ros McDonald)
Preservation
Services (Colin Webb)
IT coordination (Mark Corbould)
Imaging Services
(Andrew Stawowczyk-Long)
Special Materials Cataloguing (Deirdre Kiorgaard)
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