Domesday Reloaded
Alex Cessford
haven't heard, hence my posting. My wife has just shown me an article
in her WI newsletter. We are both (retired) teachers and were involved
in the original Domesday project at two separate schools.
The article says:
In 1986 the BBC asked a million people to contribute to a digital
snapshot of Britain called the BBC Domesday Project The UK was divided
into 3x4km squares to be owned by a school, WI, etc.
However, disaster struck, the format became unaffordable and obsolete.
Most people have never seen their contributions and it was assumed the
material was lost. But George Auckland and his team, at BBC Learning,
have been rescuing all the data. 25 years later, in March 2011, the
BBC in partnership with the National Archives in Kew, will release the
25,000 photos of British life and landscapes and the accompanying
150,000 pages of text, onto the Domesday Reloaded website.
This CALL TO ACTION is for the public to identify, geotag and update
the 24,000 community photographs. This is something which simply
cannot be done without the public's help. The material will pass to
National Archives as a permanent record of the UK.
The Proposed Plan: The BBC will launch Domesday Reloaded through TV
and Radio during the week of March 19 to 27: the week leading up to
census week. The project will run for 8 months until November 25 (25th
Anniversary of the original BBC Domesday Project), which will again be
marked by broadcast activity primarily on Radio Four. The online site
is the core of the project, it is where the material will be
republished and where people can upload the new pictures and comment.
If you were involved, or wish to be involved, please contact Emma
Walker directly on emma....@bbc.co.uk
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Alex.
billio
on it plus a reference to my dad.
I don't think it's correct to say the material was lost as it has been
a focus of digital preservation, not least work at Leeds University
where the system was replicated on more modern equipment - a PC.
Search Google for leeds domesday and wheatley for more info.
Bill
Alex Cessford
Alex Cessford <al...@cessford.org.uk> wrote:
<Snip all my original stuff>
Having subsequently emailed the Emma Walker in article I mentioned, to
express my interest in further involvement, Emma has replied to let me
know that they aregoing to delay the launch due to some technical
issues. They are now are looking at April or May.
I have also agreed to her further request to be contacted by Radio 4
or BBC Regions if they are looking for participants - watch this
space!
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Alex.