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Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Digital resources, Early Modern

Regions:

England

Summary of research interests and expertise:

Until April 2015, I was one of the editors of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). I was involved with its predecessor, the Royal Historical Society Bibliography, from 1992 onwards, and therefore took part in the creation of the CD-ROM version, published by Oxford University Press in 1998, as well as in the subsequent transition to online publication. My interests have included the development and maintenance of subject indexing schemes, the design of the database used for the creation and storage of the data underlying the first online version, interoperability with other online resources, and the development of macros and simple programmes for the conversion of imported data and for verifying the integrity of the database.  I am continuing to support the Bibliography in a voluntary capacity.

Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
01-Jan-2004	Sir Edward Dering, 1st baronet (1598-1644) In _Oxford dictionary of national biography : from the earliest times to the year 2000_, ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 15, pp. 874-80. ISBN 9780199562442. (Also available online to subscribers)
01-Jan-1998	Contribution to the section on architectural history, 1700-1815 In _The Royal Historical Society Bibliography on CD-ROM: the history of Britain, Ireland, and the British overseas_ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). ISBN 0192685732
01-Jan-1996	William Chafy and the architectural transformation of Sidney Sussex College, 1813-37 In _Sidney Sussex College: historical essays in commemoration of the Quatercentenary_, ed. D.E.D. Beales and H.B. Nisbet (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1996), pp.145-75. ISBN 0851156290
01-Jan-1994	Sir Simonds D’Ewes and the levying of ship money, 1635-1640 Historical Journal, 37(2), pp.253-87. ISSN 0018-246X
01-Jan-1992	Wyatville’s remodelling and refurbishment of Sidney Sussex College, 1820-1837 Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 81, pp.115-55. ISSN 0309-3603
01-Jan-1987	The origins of Sir Edward Dering’s attack on the ecclesiastical hierarchy, c.1625-40 Historical Journal, 30(1), pp.21-52. ISSN 0018-246X
01-Jan-1980	Sir Thomas Wentworth and the parliamentary representation of Yorkshire, 1614-28 Northern History, 16, pp.130-68. ISSN 0078-172X

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Research Projects & Supervisions

Research projects:

Details

Bibliography of British and Irish History The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) replaced the RHS Bibliography on 1 January 2010. It contains all of the data previously available in the RHS Bibliography, including its partner projects, London’s Past Online and (up to the end of 2009) Irish History Online. BBIH is updated three times a year and now includes over 600,000 records describing books and articles about British and Irish history. BBIH is the result of a partnership between the Royal Historical Society, the Institute of Historical Research and Brepols Publishers, and is a subscription service, although both the Society and the Institute are making a financial contribution to the Bibliography in order to keep subscriptions as low as possible. Also available here: https://www.history.ac.uk/publications/bibliography-british-and-irish-history

Relevant Events

Related events:

Date	Details
17-Mar-2011	Fourth conference on European Historical Bibliographies Contribution to the session on 'Licence fee or open access: Delivery models of bibliographical databases'
03-Dec-2009	Third conference on European Historical Bibliographies Paper entitled 'Connecting the Royal Historical Society Bibliography to other online resources'
01-Jan-1994	Conference on 'The Earl of Strafford and British politics, c.1621-1641', University of Sheffield Paper entitled 'The Thirty Years' War and the rule of Charles I'

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