The problem of access

or when good search engines go bad…

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Tim Sherratt | | University of Canberra | timsherratt.org

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Looking for White Australia

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/
http://www.naa.gov.au/cgi-bin/Search?O=S&Number=SP42%2F1
http://www.naa.gov.au/cgi-bin/Search?O=S&Number=ST84%2F1
NAA: ST84/1, 1905/31-40
http://invisibleaustralians.org/faces/

Speed, scale, audience

https://historichansard.net/
https://hansard-interjections.herokuapp.com/tweets/
http://dhistory.org/querypic/

Taking access

https://plot.ly/dashboard/wragge:494/present
https://github.com/wragge/hansard-xml
http://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/notes/investigating-the-hansard-black-hole/
https://github.com/wragge/asio-files
https://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/notes/missing-asio-files/
https://closedaccess.herokuapp.com/
https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4101765.v1
http://owebrowse.herokuapp.com/redactions/
http://owebrowse.herokuapp.com/redactions/tags/art/
Summary  
Total series: 63,711
Series with item descriptions: 20,735 (32.5% of series)
Series with digitised items: 4,634 (22.3% of series with descriptions)
Total items described: 10,727,214
Total items digitised: 1,769,967 (16.5% of items described)
   
http://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/projects/hacking-heritage/
http://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/notes/naa-functions/
https://plot.ly/~wragge/497
https://plot.ly/~wragge/498
Functions — quantity in linear metres
http://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/notes/naa-functions-view/
Functions — number of items described
http://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/notes/naa-functions-view/
Functions — number of items digitised
http://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/notes/naa-functions-view/
SPORT AND RECREATIONENVIRONMENTINDIGENOUS AFFAIRSHEALTH CAREEDUCATION AND TRAININGNATURAL RESOURCESCULTURAL AFFAIRSPRIMARY INDUSTRIESIMMIGRATIONSECURITYINTERNATIONAL RELATIONSJUSTICE ADMINISTRATIONEMPLOYMENTFINANCE MANAGEMENTCOMMUNITY SERVICESSCIENCETRADECIVIC INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATIONSTRANSPORTGOVERNANCEDEFENCE
Quantity
SPORT AND RECREATIONENVIRONMENTINDIGENOUS AFFAIRSHEALTH CAREEDUCATION AND TRAININGNATURAL RESOURCESCULTURAL AFFAIRSPRIMARY INDUSTRIESIMMIGRATIONSECURITYINTERNATIONAL RELATIONSJUSTICE ADMINISTRATIONEMPLOYMENTFINANCE MANAGEMENTCOMMUNITY SERVICESSCIENCETRADECIVIC INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATIONSTRANSPORTGOVERNANCEDEFENCE
Items digitised

Making access

https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/
http://endangereddataweek.org/
http://gravitron.com.au/fundtrove/
https://timsherratt.org/