The Sloane printed books project. (360G-Wellcome-082902_Z_07_Z)

£83,844

The project will make available for research and public use a database of the books once belonging to Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1752), which after his death formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum Library but which have since been dispersed into the Library's general collections and into the collections of other research libraries. Sloane's library of approximately 40,000 volumes will be identified by further investigation into the BL's collection and the collections of other libraries. The bibliographical information will be enhanced with information about pre-Sloaneprovenance, annotations and condition. The information accumulated will be made available to the public through a web-accessible database that will be maintained by the British Library, while various supplemental materials and ongoing maintenance will allow additional books once owned by Sloane to be identified and added to the database in future years. The body of work produced by the project will form a significant research resource for medical and intellectual historians of the period. This resource will be launched at aconference and through publications. The key goals of the project are: " Identification of Sloane's books, their provenances and other associations " Presentation of the findings as a public resource for research " Communication of the findings through a conference and papers

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 83844
Applicant Surname Cook
Approval Committee Research Resources Committee
Award Date 2007-07-18T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2006/07
Grant Programme: Title Research Resources Award
Internal ID 082902/Z/07/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Harold Cook
Partnership Value 83844
Planned Dates: End Date 2010-06-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2007-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London