7faa2336-7601-447c-91b0-4b771ee26b6f urn:uuid en UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T04:53:51 creation ISO 19115 2016 Digital Photographic Collection 7faa2336-7601-447c-91b0-4b771ee26b6f 50,000 digital photographs in which copyright has expired with bibliographic data and links to persistent URL of the digital image from the State Library of Western Australia Catalogue. We're delighted to announce this dataset was used in the prize winning GovHack 2016 competition entry, Colourful Past. https://2016.hackerspace.govhack.org/content/colourful-past The team summarized their entry thus: Colourful Past aims to create an immediate and lasting connection to our shared past, by giving you a channel to browse recorded in library or archive imagery. You’ll be directed to a set of monochrome or faded photos with a click your sense can feast on an enhanced colour version. {"type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [[[[128.84765625000003, -11.523087506868514], [128.67187500000003, -34.88593094075316], [114.43359375000001, -37.020098201368114], [110.91796875000001, -19.973348786110602], [128.84765625000003, -11.523087506868514]]]]} 110.91796875000001 128.84765625000003 -37.020098201368114 -11.523087506868514 historical data national and state libraries of Australasia nsla pictorial Pictorial collection_csv documentDigital The CSV contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of image; subject; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website. Tools used to create this dataset: <ul> <li>[MarcEdit](http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit)</li> <li>[AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules](http://www.aacr2.org/)</li> <li>[RDA - Resource Description and Access](www.rdatoolkit.org/about)</li> <li>[LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings](http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/)</li> </ul> CSV SLWA Pictorial (Marcxml) documentDigital This MARCXML file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of image; subject; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website. Tools used to create this dataset: <ul> <li>[MarcEdit](http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit)</li> <li>[MARCXML](http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/)</li> <li>[AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules](http://www.aacr2.org/)</li> <li>[RDA - Resource Description and Access](www.rdatoolkit.org/about)</li> <li>[LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings](http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/)</li> </ul> About MARCXML: The Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office is developing a framework for working with MARC data in a XML environment. This framework is intended to be flexible and extensible to allow users to work with MARC data in ways specific to their needs. The framework itself includes many components such as schemas, stylesheets, and software tools. marcxml SLWA Pictorial (Modsxml) documentDigital This MODSXML file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of image; subject; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website. Tools used to create this dataset: <ul> <li>[MarcEdit](http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit)</li> <li>[MODSXML](http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/)</li> <li>[AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules](http://www.aacr2.org/)</li> <li>[RDA - Resource Description and Access](www.rdatoolkit.org/about)</li> <li>[LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings](http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/)</li> </ul> About MODSXML: Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a schema for a bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications. The standard is maintained by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress with input from users. modsxml SLWA pictorial (zipped dublin core) documentDigital Inside this zipped file, you will find two objects, the first is a folder with all the individual records(labeled by SLWA's unique bibliographic record number) described in Dublin Core and output as xml. The other object is a single list of all the records described in Dublin Core and output as xml. ZIP Pictorial collection urls and captions documentDigital This csv file contains the only the urls and captions for the photographic images in the collection and the bibliographic record number for each image. CSV