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De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017 OABAS - American Biographical Archive OABIS - Archivio Biografico Italiano OBAB2 - Biografisch Archief van de Benelux OABFS - Archives Biographique Francaises. OBBAP
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OABAS - American Biographical Archive OABIS - Archivio Biografico Italiano OBAB2 - Biografisch Archief van de Benelux OABFS - Archives Biographique Francaises. OBBAP - British Biographical Archive OEPIP - Archivo Biografico de Espana, Portugal e Iberoamerica ODBAP - Deutsches Biographisches Archiv OAIBA - Arab-Islamic Biographical Archive OANZO - Australasian Biogr. Archive OBABA1 - Baltisches Biographisches Archiv OBASU - Biographisches Archiv der Sowjetunion OCBA - Chinese Biographical Archive OJBA - Jüdisches Biographisches Archiv ORBA - Russian Biographical Archive OSEABA - South-East Asian Biographical Archive OIBA - Indian Biographical Archive. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
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OSBAP - Scandinavian Biographical Archive OTBA - Türkisches Biographisches Archiv OKBA - Korean Biographical Archive OSOBA - Südosteuropäisches Biographisches Archiv OPABP - Polskie Archiwum Biograficzne OCSBA - Ceský biografický archiv a Slovenskýbiografický archive OCABA - Canadian Biographical Archive OBACHR - Biographical Archive of Christianity (WBIS-BAChr) OBAA - Biographisches Archiv der Antike OUBA - Ungarisches Biographisches Archiv OBAMA - Biographisches Archiv des Mittelalters OJABA - Japanese Biographical Archive OAFBA - African Biographical Archive OGBA - Griechisches Biographisches Archiv
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Writers Alchemists Apothecaries Artists Book Seller Botanics Chefs Civil Servants Clerics Doctors Farmers Industrialists Kings Lawyers Lunatics Mathematicians Merchants Missionaries Musicians Painters Philosophers Politicians Scientists Seamen Soldiers Teacher Toreros Actors Zoologists
The people in WBIS Online
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250.000 new entries in five years, added to the old ones (no replacement) Country/region packages are revised and simplified (from 72 to 22; no longer supplements) New and global selection of sources with emphasis on top selling archives Previously undetected sources covering the whole WBIS period Sources published after the reference period of the archives (ended between 1987 and 2006) DG Style improved interface with additional functionalities Metadata no longer in native language but in in English
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NEW WBIS CONTENT PROPOSAL
- No. of biographies selected for WBIS
Archives (Big Seven)
- No. of new entries
(sources) Year 1 Year 2 (50% of Y1) Year 3 (50% of Y1) Year 4 (50% of Y1) Year 5 (50% of Y1) North America 30.000 (78) 10.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 Spain / Portugal / South America 24.000 (136) 8.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 Italy 15.000 (64) 5.000 2.500 2.500 2.500 2.500 United Kingdom 27.000 (33) 9.000 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 Belgium / Netherlands / Luxembourg 6.000 (63) 2.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 Germany 27.000 (88) 9.000 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 France 21.000 (62) 7.000 3.500 3.500 3.500 3.500 TOTAL 150.000 (531) 50.000 25.000 25.000 25.000 25.000
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New and updated design Updated functionalities: browseable indexes with autocomplete, updated SavePDF functionality, updated
SaveURL functionality Backend:
Updated IP login (without the need to know a username), new usage reports based on COUNTER 4, Shibboleth
access via EduGain
Improved content updating processes
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… is the most comprehensive and extensive biographical database worldwide … contains information on persons, families and groups from all classes and professions, from all
countries and regions of the earth, from the 4th millennium BC to the present
… is up to date with 250,000 new biographies within the next five years … provides high quality scans of sources = much better quality than microfiche scans
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Unique source of global biographical information from the beginning of history until today Provides unique insights in peoples’ lives and countries through history with their curiosities and
peculiarities
WBIS is a “key to world history”
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Up to date biographical data: 250,000 new biographies in the next five years Unique biographical information on people worldwide through history, useful for e.g. Scholars and scientists Editorial offices for publications Archivists for classification of autographs Journalists, writers and historians
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