42,472 files were digitised by the National Archives of Australia last week.
36,238 of these were migrant registration cards from Bonegilla (A2571 & A2572).
Here’s a screenshot of the top twenty series. More info: github.com/wragge/na…
![A2571, Name Index Cards, Migrants Registration [Bonegilla], 31307 files digitised; B884, Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, 4981 files digitised; A2572, Name Index Cards, Migrants Registration [Bonegilla], 4931 files digitised; C610, Australian Women's Land Army - personnel cards, alphabetical series, 566 files digitised; J853, Architectural plans, annual single number series with alpha (denoting Papua New Guinea and discipline) prefix and/or alpha/numeric (denoting size and amendment) suffix, 292 files digitised; A9301, RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and other ranks, 1921-1948, 188 files digitised; B883, Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, 56 files digitised; K1145, Certificates of Exemption from Dictation Test, annual certificate number order, 17 files digitised; SP551/1, Log books of HMC [Her Majesty's Colonial], HM [His/Her Majesty's] and HMA [Her Majesty's Australian] Ships, 9 files digitised; F1, Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency], 7 files digitised; A1196, Correspondence files, multiple number series [Class 501] [501-539] [Classified] [Main correspondence files series of the agency], 6 files digitised; B78, Alien registration documents, 6 files digitised; A12372, RAAF Personnel files - All Ranks [Main correspondence files series of the agency], 4 files digitised; SP1122/1, General correspondence files, multiple number series and annual single number with 'N' (New South Wales) prefix, 4 files digitised; A9300, RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, 4 files digitised; MP508/1, General correspondence files, multiple number series, 3 files digitised; C321, Case files, annual single number series with 'N' (NSW) prefix, 3 files digitised; B2458, Army Personnel Files, multiple number series, 3 files digitised; K47, Correspondence files, annual single number series with 'W' prefix, 3 files digitised; PP892/1, Correspondence [client] files, annual single number series with 'W' prefix, 2 files digitised;](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8371/2022/95643c6958.png)
I wrote up something for the #GLAMWorkbook on ‘Empty searches and hacking urls’: glam-workbook.net/url-hacki…
Under development – a Zotero translator for Libraries Tasmania!
I’ve created a Zotero translator for the Libraries Tasmania catalogue. Using it, you can save metadata and digital resources to your own research database with a single click. Libraries Tasmania actually has three catalogues rolled into one...Ok, I’ve submitted my Libraries Tasmania translator to the Zotero repository for inclusion. No doubt a bit of additional tweaking will be required. github.com/zotero/tr…
Using Datasette on Nectar
If you have a dataset that you want to share as a searchable online database then check out Datasette – it’s a fabulous tool that provides an ever-growing range of options for exploring and publishing data. I particularly like how easy Data...
Convert your Trove newspaper searches to an API query with just one click!
I’m thinking about the Trove Researcher Platform discussions & ways of integrating Trove with other apps and platforms (like the GLAM Workbench). As a simple demo I modifed my Trove Proxy app to convert a newspaper search url from the Trove...
Another overdue maintenance task completed! The Tung Wah Newspaper index has been migrated from a custom Django app on a now defunct web host, to a nice, neat Datasette instance on Heroku. https://resources.chineseaustralia.org/tung_wah_newspaper_index
TIL you can do date maths in Trove. Searching for date:[NOW-10YEAR TO NOW] in newspapers & gazettes returns articles from the last 10 years. Try it: trove.nla.gov.au/search/ca…
My Trove researcher platform wishlist
The ARDC is collecting user requirements for the Trove researcher platform for advanced research. This is a chance to start from scratch, and think about the types of data, tools, or interface enhancements that would support innovative rese...Spending the evening updating the NAA section of the #GLAMWorkbench. Here’s a fresh harvest of the agency functions currently being used in RecordSearch… gist.github.com/wragge/d1…
This morning has been all bug hunting. But at least I’ve now found & fixed the problem, & released version 0.0.14 of the RecordSearch Data Scraper! https://github.com/wragge/recordsearch_data_scraper/releases/tag/v0.0.14 Also updated on Pypi.