Livingstone Online Site Guide
Cite page (MLA): "Livingstone Online Site Guide." Livingstone Online. Adrian S. Wisnicki and Megan Ward, dirs. University of Maryland Libraries, 2018. Web. http://livingstoneonline.org/uuid/node/78d62fa4-716c-41ee-94ef-b09eb07b8903.
This section provides a skeletal outline of the entire Livingstone Online site. The section enumerates all the main sections and subsections of the site and provides links to all core site data, documentation, and outreach materials.
- I) Main Sections and Subsections
- II) Core Site Data
- III) LEAP Documentation
- IV) Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project Files
- V) Livingstone's Final Manuscripts (1865-1873): Reading Copies for Download
- VI) Livingstone's Manuscripts in South Africa (1843-1872): Files for Download
- VII) Livingstone's Missionary Travels Manuscript (1857): Files for Download
- VIII) One More Voice
- IX) Outreach Materials
I) Main Sections and Subsections Top ⤴
The home page and six main sections of the site, each of which contains a series of subsections.
1) Home Page Top ⤴
A gateway to the site as a whole.
2) About the Site Top ⤴
An introduction to the Livingstone Online project and David Livingstone's manuscripts.
Livingstone Online: An Introduction
One More Voice: An Introduction
Livingstone's Manuscripts in the Digital Age
The Theory Behind Livingstone Online
The Design of Livingstone Online
Why Should We Read Livingstone’s Manuscripts?
Reading Exploration Through the Digital Library
Who is Livingstone Online's Audience?
A Brief History of Livingstone Online (2004-2013)
LEAP (2013-2017): A Project History, Part I
LEAP (2013-2017): A Project History, Part II
3) In His Own Words Top ⤴
A range of options (including full-scale editions) for accessing, browsing, and searching the Livingstone Online digital collection.
The Livingstone Online Digital Collection
Browse by Digital Catalogue Record
Livingstone’s Missionary Travels Manuscript (1857) Top ⤴
Images & Transcriptions of the Manuscript, 1857
Two Versions of Missionary Travels, 1857
Maps from Livingstone's Travels, 1849-56
Letters to John Murray III, 1857-58
Corrected Engraver’s Proofs, 1857
Other Missionary Travels Print Materials, 1857
Murray's Ledgers & Estimate Books, 1857-62
Trade Adverts for Missionary Travels, 1857-74
Illustrated London News Articles, 1856-57
State of the Manuscript: An Overview
Textual Principles and Encoding Practices
Digital Humanities, Exploration Literature, and Missionary Travels
Composing & Publishing Missionary Travels (1)
Composing & Publishing Missionary Travels (2)
Missionary Travels in Pen & Print (1)
Missionary Travels in Pen & Print (2)
Glossary of Key Terms in Livingstone's Missionary Travels Manuscript
Missionary Travels Outreach Worksheets
Livingstone's Final Manuscripts (1865-1873) Top ⤴
Edition Manuscripts with Images & Transcriptions
Edition Manuscripts with Images Only
Edition Manuscripts: A Comparative View
Supplemental Manuscripts with Images & Transcriptions
The Final Field Diaries: General Overview
The Final Manuscripts: Three Bonus Texts
The Aftermath of Livingstone's Death
Note on Encoding the Final Manuscripts
Livingstone's Manuscripts in South Africa (1843-1872) Top ⤴
Bonus: Commemorative Items (1955, 1973)
Critical Reflections on the Manuscripts (1)
Critical Reflections on the Manuscripts (2)
4) Spectral Imaging Top ⤴
Critical editions of Livingstone manuscripts produced by the Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project.
The Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project: An Introduction
Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary Top ⤴
Images & Transcriptions of the 1871 Field Diary
Three Versions of the 1871 Field Diary
The Manuscript of the 1871 Field Diary
Livingstone’s Composition Methods
Livingstone's Manuscript Structure
The Date of the Livingstone-Stanley Meeting
Note on the Three Versions of the Text
Overview of Processing Objectives
The 1871 Field Diary Facsimile
Livingstone's Letter from Bambarre Top ⤴
Images & Transcriptions of the Letter from Bambarre
Note on the Text of the Letter
An Introduction to Spectral Imaging
Livingstone's 1870 Field Diary and Select 1870-71 Manuscripts Top ⤴
Images & Transcriptions of the 1870 Field Diary
Images & Transcriptions of Select 1870-1871 Texts
Three Versions of the 1870 Field Diary
Livingstone, Central Africa, 1870
Structuring the 1870 Field Diary
The Diary Across Hands, Space, and Time (1)
The Diary Across Hands, Space, and Time (2)
The Diary Across Hands, Space, and Time (3)
History & Chronology of the 1870 Field Diary
Livingstone's Composition Practices
Prototyping Animated Spectral Images (ASIs)
Notes on Processed Spectral Images
Glossary of Key Terms in Livingstone's Manuscripts, 1870-71
An Integrated Project Bibliography
Manuscript Citation and File Naming Practices
5) Life and Times Top ⤴
Essays that place David Livingstone within his cultural, historical, and scientific contexts.
Livingstone's Life & Expeditions
Livingstone's Posthumous Reputation
Publishing Livingstone's Missionary Travels
Southern Africans and the Advent of Colonialism
18th- and 19th- Century European Expeditions
Livingstone's Medical Education
6) Behind the Scenes Top ⤴
A journey into the inner workings of the Livingstone Online project.
Practices, Standards, and Arrangements
7) Resources Top ⤴
Materials for further study of Livingstone, his manuscripts, and his history.
Livingstone Online Outreach Program
Livingstone Online Outreach Worksheets
Livingstone Online Project Documents
David Livingstone: A Bibliography
Livingstone Online TEI P5 Encoding Guidelines
II) Core Site Data Top ⤴
Images, transcriptions, and metadata related to the manuscripts of Livingstone and others.
Archival packets (via the Browse by Digital Catalogue page)
Complete MODS records (3123 records)
Complete TEI transcriptions (792 transcriptions)
Complete PDF transcriptions (829 files, including 50 "extra bonus" HTML annotated reading copies)
Complete transcription support materials
GitHub repo (external link)
Bonus: Livingstone Online imaging and permission guidelines
Double-Bonus: Screenshots of entire Livingstone Online site (704 MB)
Triple-Bonus (2020): Livingstone Online Server Spec Sheet
III) LEAP Documentation Top ⤴
A curated collection of files produced by the Livingstone Online Enrichment and Access Project (LEAP)
Download the entire LEAP Document Collection (1.1 GB)
Access the "Livingstone Online Instruction Manual" (2020, version 1.5) (download or view)
Bonus: Download screenshots of the Livingstone Online blog (2014-18) (198 MB)
1) LEAP Documentation: Area Specific Subsets Top ⤴
Files from the Livingstone Online Enrichment and Access Project (LEAP) organized by area of activity
- NEH Grant Application (549 KB)
- Project Launch (273 KB)
- Planning and LA Kickoff (2.5 MB)
- UK Kickoff (490 KB)
- Digitization at the University of Glasgow (811 KB)
- Legacy Data Development (13.3 MB)
- Legacy Data Conversion Scripts (392 KB)
- MODS Development (5.7 MB)
- TEI Transcription Conversion (1.9 MB)
- TEI Transcription Encoding (1.0 MB)
- Documenting the Core Digital Collection (798 KB)
- The New Livingstone Online - Site Development at UNL (26.7 MB)
- The New Livingstone Online - Site Mockups (364 MB)
- Critical Materials and Permissions (331 KB)
- Dissemination - Scholars, Stakeholders, Social Media (86.2 MB)
- Dissemination - Outreach for Schools (2.9 MB)
- The New Livingstone Online - Site Development at UCLA (1.8 MB)
- The New Livingstone Online - Site Development: XSLT (381 KB)
- Alpha Launch (286 KB)
- Beta Launch - Results (1.7 MB)
- Beta Launch - Press Release (67.0 MB)
- Beta Launch - Presentations, National Library of Scotland (148 MB)
- University of Maryland - Site Development Notes (225 KB)
- University of Maryland - Site Development Files (Google Docs) (11.7 MB)
- University of Maryland - Site Mockups and Feedback (86.3 MB)
- Islandora Development Schedules (2.3 MB)
- Major Milestone Emails (LEAP Years 3 & 4) (259 KB)
- LEAP Site Close Out Files (7.1 MB)
- Final Manuscripts - Transcription and Encoding (1.0 MB)
- Sample Academic Presentations (196 MB)
- Archival Image Download Documentation (170 KB)
- Bonus: Livingstone Online 2004-2010 Project Documents (14.2 MB)
2) LEAP Documentation: Highlights Top ⤴
A selection of key project files from the Livingstone Online Enrichment and Access Project (LEAP)
- Complete Documentation Highlights (37.3 MB)
- Revised NEH Grant Narrative (237 KB)
- Items for Digitization (221 KB)
- LEAP Project Plans, October 2013 to March 2015 (2.1 MB)
- Legacy Data Documentation (819 KB)
- MODS Files (3.6 MB)
- TEI Conversion and Encoding (867 KB)
- Website Mockups and Documentation (13.1 MB)
- Report on Fall 2014 UK Collaborator Meetings (151 KB)
- Outreach Program Final Report (1.0 MB)
- Livingstone Online Archival Packet README (170 KB)
- Drupal and Islandora Development at University of Maryland (2.4 MB)
- Workflow for Encoding Final Manuscripts in TEI (175 KB)
- LEAP Program Plan (2015-17) (105 KB)
IV) Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project Files Top ⤴
Downloadable files produced by the Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project
1) Livingstone's 1870 Field Diary: A Multispectral Critical Edition Top ⤴
i) Supporting Files for Download Top⤴
- Livingstone's Last Journals (1874), volume II (25.1 MB)
- Livingstone's Last Journals (1874), volume II, corrected proofs (21 MB)
- Structure of the 1870 Field Diary & 1870-71 Manuscripts (66 KB)
- Dates for the 1870 Field Diary (47 KB)
- Livingstone's Undertexts (50.7 MB)
- Annotations of The Bible: Its Form and Substance (72 KB)
ii) Animated Spectral Images (ASIs) for Download Top⤴
Presentations and Animations
- Presentations
- Flipbook: PDF (141.2 MB)
- Overlaid: PDF (110.6 MB)
- Bonus: Complete flipbook and overlaid PowerPoint and PDF presentations (503.5 MB)
- Animated Sequences
- Flipbook: all pages of Livingstone 1870i:XXXIX-LV [v.2] (158.4 MB)
- Various: page versos of Livingstone 1870i:XXXIX-LV [v.2] (75.9 MB)
- Bonus: Complete flipbook and various animated sequences (308 MB)
Complete Prototype ASIs (685.9 MB)
Sample Prototype ASIs
- Changes in the visual character of ink (59.1 MB)
- Reinking with an alternate ink (68.1 MB)
- Folds (41.6 MB)
- Impressions (41.8 MB)
- Holes (33.1 MB)
- Page discolor (46.5 MB)
- The big stain (58.8 MB)
- Red stains (40.2 MB)
Page-specific Prototype ASIs
- Livingstone 1870h:XVII
- Livingstone 1871a:LXXVI [v.1]
- Layers of text (65.1 MB)
- Layers of text (reverse order) (42.2 MB)
- Stains (75.5 MB)
iii) Project Documentation (Files) Top⤴
Complete Project Documentation (1.21 GB)
Area-specific Subsets of Project Documentation
- NEH Grant Application (1.3 MB)
- Planning notes and documents (128 KB)
- Spectral image processing notes (PCA and ICA) (988 KB)
- Spectral image processing notes (pseudocolor and animation) (206.7 MB)
- Manuscript and image notes (25.9 MB)
- Meeting and other notes (529 KB)
- Critical essay and supporting materials notes (691 KB)
- Animated Spectral Image (ASI) testing (538.6 MB)
- Image integration and metadata-addition files (5.4 MB)
- Dissemination (331.2 MB)
- Spectral image archival packet supporting files (3 MB)
- Beta launch of critical edition (93.8 MB)
2) Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary: A Multispectral Critical Edition Top ⤴
i) Miscellaneous Files for Download Top⤴
- The Standard Reconstructed (30 MB)
- Ink Spectra PowerPoint Files (19.5 MB)
ii) Livingstone Spectral Image Archive Files Top⤴
Entire Livingstone Spectral Image Archive (588 MB) except for archival images and MD5 checksum files
iii) Project Documentation (Files) Top⤴
Complete Project Documentation (346 MB)
Area-specific Subsets of Project Documentation
- Locating the Manuscript (2.7 MB)
- Project Funding (131 KB)
- Conservation (24.9 MB)
- Project Planning (521 KB)
- Imaging Set-Up (640 KB)
- Imaging Schedule and Objectives (2.4 MB)
- Spectral Image Processing (289 KB)
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA) (154 MB)
- Spectral Ratio and Pseudocolor Rendering (42 MB)
- Processing Results (2 MB)
- "Data Scrubbing" (79.6 MB)
- Creating the Data Archive (238 KB)
- Creating a Publication Template / XML Encoding (181 KB)
- The Electronic Edition (771 KB)
- Preliminary Data Analysis (69.5 KB)
- Dissemination, Results Release, and the "UK Tour" (35.5 MB)
V) Livingstone's Final Manuscripts (1865-73): Reading Copies for Download Top ⤴
Download reading copies of all manuscripts (3.1 MB) in one ZIP file or select a specific text.
Core Texts
- Unyanyembe Journal
- Field Diary I
- Field Diary II
- Field Diary III
- Field Diary IV
- Field Diary V
- Field Diary VI
- Field Diary VII
- Field Diary X
- Field Diary XIV
- Field Diary XV
- Field Diary XVI
- Field Diary XVII
Bonus Texts
- Fragment of Field Diary XII
- Second Unyanyembe Journal
- Calculations and Geographical and Cultural Notes
- Notes and Calculations for Field Diary XVII
VI) Livingstone's Manuscripts in South Africa (1843-1872): Files for Download Top ⤴
A set of curated project documents (3 MB)
Screenshots (39.1 MB) of the entire edition
VII) Livingstone's Missionary Travels Manuscript (1857): Files for Download Top ⤴
A set of curated project documents (2.4 MB)
VIII) One More Voice Top ⤴
IX) Outreach Materials Top ⤴
Worksheets designed to bring Livingstone and the Livingstone Online project into the classroom
Complete Outreach Worksheets (Livingstone Online) (22.5 MB)
Outreach Program Summary (Livingstone Online)
Complete Outreach Worksheets (Missionary Travels) - 1) lower-level difficulty (3.1 MB), 2) upper-level difficulty (2.5 MB), 3) both levels of difficulty (5.6 MB)
Who was David Livingstone? Information Sheet
1) Outreach Materials (Livingstone Online): Individual Worksheets Top ⤴
The individual worksheets produced by Livingstone Online's outreach program
- David Livingstone: Mill Boy
- David Livingstone: Doctor
- David Livingstone: Crossing Cultures
- David Livingstone: African Animals
- David Livingstone: Global Citizen
- David Livingstone: Reading His Words
- David Livingstone: Missionary
- David Livingstone: Geographer
- David Livingstone: Victorian
- David Livingstone and America
- David Livingstone: Abolitionist
2) Outreach Materials (Missionary Travels): Individual Worksheets Top ⤴
The individual worksheets produced for the critical edition of Missionary Travels
- Animals (lower-level or upper-level worksheet)
- Sites and Sights (lower-level or upper-level worksheet)
- Musical Instruments (lower-level or upper-level worksheet)