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Reproducible Research in the Humanities: The case of English Short-Title Catalogue
(ESTC) Metadata
Mikko Tolonen, Leo Lahti, Maija Paavolainen et al.
University of HelsinkiLIBER 2015
Outline of the talk
• What is “reproducible research” in the context of the humanities?
• How can we study ”history” between 1470-1800 in Britain using library catalogues?
• Who wrote history, where was it published and how did the publishing change over time?
• New methods for humanities education • Conclusions
Research process
Transparency (data, methods, reporting)
Reproducibility
CollaborationAccess and reuse
Research team A
Research team B
Memory org
Repository
Library catalogues: old databases - new use !
DATA (estc, fennica…)
?Understanding
knowledge production & cultural
transfer
!Quantitative approach to
qualitative research
Transparent methodology(R, Python, ..)
Open science
Who wrote history?
Publication timeline for William Prynne, Daniel Defoe, David Hume
(1558–1629) and David Hume (1711-1776)
Where was history published?
Paper consumption and title count in Ireland, Scotland and USA.
Paper Consumption Title Count
Where was history published?
Development of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland, 1470-1800
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HOW DID PUBLISHING OF HISTORY CHANGE OVER TIME?
Who wrote history?
Who were the publishers of history?
How did publishing of history change over time?
History publishing in ESTC (n = 50176 documents).
Title-count
Paper consumption
Reproducible Workflows in humanities for Research & Education
LIBRARYData Management Teaching platform
Research outreach
Transparency
(data, methods,
reporting)
Reproducibility
Collaboration
http://s1.doria.fi/helmi/mp/nord/fem19990074/Evropa Orbis Christiani domina 1699 - 1Scherer, Heinrich Viduae 1703 Scherer, H. : Tabellae geographicae: Viduae 1703 : Kartta 2 Finnish National Library
https://github.com/rOpenGov/estc/
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