phone booth brief

PhoneBooth

PhoneBooth is an innovation project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and led by LSE Library in partnership with EDINA. The project is repurposing the digitised Booth maps for delivery to mobile devices

and integration with modern data sources, such as the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

The ‘mobilisation’ allows Library-owned content to be delivered beyond the library walls directly to the location to which is refers, facilitating comparison with

contemporary geography.

The mobile maps will be integrated into an undergraduate teaching course enabling innovative pedagogy and assessment.

Booth map shown side-by-side and overlaid transparently on Google base map

Booth map with modern Index of Multiple Deprivation overlaid (source: UCL) and Booth map with contemporary, eye-witness observations of London streets

Further Information Charles Booth Online Archive: http://booth.lse.ac.uk/

PhoneBooth project blog: http://jiscphonebooth.wordpress.com/ LSE Digital Library: http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/

Project manager and LSE Digital Library Manager: Ed Fay, e.fay@lse.ac.uk