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British Empire & Commonwealth Collection: Exploring Our Online Catalogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Jayne Pucknell
Jayne Pucknell*
Affiliation:
Bristol Archives
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We have recently launched a new online catalogue to display information about some of the 1,000s of archives and objects held within the British Empire & Commonwealth (BEC) Collection. Following the process of development and consultation, we are now providing access to a significant part of the Collection. We're also planning further phases of work to improve the visibility of material, especially about people who lived under the confines of the former empire. Our prime motivation is to enable access to material so that it can be explored globally and from multiple perspectives.

The BEC Collection is based in Bristol Archives, an appropriate place in that Bristol played a key role in the history of the empire for several centuries, specifically for its part in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Research Article
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African Research and Documentation , Volume 138 , 2020 , pp. 17 - 31
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Copyright © International African Institute 2020

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1 The Empire Through the Lens exhibition can be viewed online here: https://exhibitions.bristolmuseums.org.uk/empire-through-the-lens/

2 Building Shared Futures project: https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/nairobi-the-building-shared-futures-project/

3 Paul Mellon project: https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/one-vast-interconnected-world-paul-mellon-grant/

4 ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description issued by International Council on Archives.

5 Spectrum is the UK collection management standard issued by the Collections Trust.

6 Metadatis is a company specialising in software development and information management, including Epexio which is an online catalogue for archives: https://epexio.com/.

7 For information about Creative Commons licensing, go to https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/