Event Title
Utilizing Computational Analysis in the Research of the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
Location
Davis 117
Start Date
30-4-2015 9:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2015 10:55 AM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts is a database of containing information on approximately 350,000 pre-1600 manuscripts. Megan Cook in the Colby College English department has been conducting research using the provenance field, which details the known previous and current owners of each manuscript, to ascertain the certain individuals' and groups' impact on the collection and distribution of manuscripts. This research involved accessing the database in a CSV format and writing python scripts that allow for the identification of cohorts in the provenance field, and the assignment of a marker to each manuscript indicating the presence of any associated cohorts. Future research will involve exploring the possibility of increasing the number of analytic tools producible using python scripts.
Faculty Sponsor
Suzi Cole
CLAS Field of Study
Natural Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1760
Utilizing Computational Analysis in the Research of the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
Davis 117
The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts is a database of containing information on approximately 350,000 pre-1600 manuscripts. Megan Cook in the Colby College English department has been conducting research using the provenance field, which details the known previous and current owners of each manuscript, to ascertain the certain individuals' and groups' impact on the collection and distribution of manuscripts. This research involved accessing the database in a CSV format and writing python scripts that allow for the identification of cohorts in the provenance field, and the assignment of a marker to each manuscript indicating the presence of any associated cohorts. Future research will involve exploring the possibility of increasing the number of analytic tools producible using python scripts.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/84