The nature of the beast: or the Aberdeen Bestiary on the World Wide Web
Iain Beavan
(Associate curator, humanities research support unit, Department of Special Collections and Archives, Heritage Division, Directorate of Information Systems and Services, King’s College, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Michael Arnott
(Computing officer, humanities research support unit, Department of Special Collections and Archives, Heritage Division, Directorate of Information Systems and Services, King’s College, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Colin McLaren
(Associate Director and librarian, Directorate of Information Systems and Services, Queen Mother Library, Meston Walk, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Abstract
Discusses the transfer of the Aberdeen Bestiary (a 13th century manuscript) into digital format for access on the World Wide Web. Briefly covers the background to the project before outlining the reasons for choosing photoCD as the method of digitization. Considers some of the problems encountered during the project including design and delivery issues and future developments.
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Citation
Beavan, I., Arnott, M. and McLaren, C. (1997), "The nature of the beast: or the Aberdeen Bestiary on the World Wide Web", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 15 No. 3/4, pp. 50-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378839710308376
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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