Tools of Knowledge

  • Digital Intersections Around Science Collections – online conference session

    By Rebekah Higgitt and Sarah Middle The following video is a recording of a session that took place today as part of the British Society for the History of Science Digital Festival 2023. In the first part of the session, we introduce the Tools of Knowledge project, our approach and some of the digital tools…

  • Database progress – and a new model

    Database progress – and a new model By Sarah Middle, Duncan Hay, and Alex Butterworth In a previous blog post,we described both the Arches software that we are using to manage and publish our project database, and our initial remodelling of the data with reference to the events-based CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC CRM). In…

  • Data Modelling Workshop

    Data Modelling Workshop, 23-24 May 2022 By Sarah Middle, Duncan Hay and Alex Butterworth Last month, the three of us met in Cambridge for a two-day workshop focused on modelling the core, meticulously cleaned data from the legacy SIMON (Scientific Instrument Makers, Observations and Notes) using an event-based structure and (in doing so) getting to…