Parker on the Web 2.0: Re-opening the Library

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Corpus Christi College, Univ. of Cambridge; Stanford Univ. Libraries

Organizer Name

Benjamin Albritton

Organizer Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Presider Name

Benjamin Albritton

Paper Title 1

Digital and Medieval Memory: Parker’s Library Reimagined

Presenter 1 Name

Anne McLaughlin

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Corpus Christi College, Univ. of Cambridge

Paper Title 2

The Bath Old English Gospels

Presenter 2 Name

Jonathan Quick

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 3

Parker's Tertullian

Presenter 3 Name

Alexandra Gillespie

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 4

Respondent

Presenter 4 Name

Colleen Curran

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Oxford

Start Date

12-5-2018 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1335

Description

Parker on the Web, a project to digitize and make available online all of the manuscripts in the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, launched nearly a decade ago as a subscription-only service. In January 2018, Parker 2.0 made these resources available to all with no fee. The Parker manuscripts are an invaluable resource for scholars working in a variety of fields, and the ongoing goal of the Parker project is to increase access to, and use of, this unique collection worldwide.

While access to high-resolution images for subscribers has facilitated use of these manuscripts, Parker 2.0 represents a leap forward in accessibility and use both in terms of availability to a much wider community of scholars, and in the technologies used that allow for re-use of the manuscript images in a variety of tools and environments.

This session focuses on current work that explores the opening of the collection in the broadest sense.

Benjamin Albritton