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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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
The people in WBIS Online Zoologists Lunatics Artists Scientists Alchemists Musicians Lawyers Civil Servants Philosophers Painters Politicians Clerics Kings Botanics Teacher Missionaries Book Seller Toreros Soldiers Doctors Industrialists Apothecaries Farmers Actors Merchants Chefs Seamen Writers Mathematicians
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De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
NEW WBIS CONTENT PROPOSAL No. of biographies selected for WBIS No. of new entries Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Archives (Big Seven) (sources) (50% of Y1) (50% of Y1) (50% of Y1) (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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
Frontend 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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
… 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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
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” De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
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 De Gruyter - ADLUG 2017
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