North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary

Preservation North Carolina Annual Conference

Joseph Ryan Markus Wust

October 29, 2009

Credits

Catherine W. Bishir

Myrick Howard & Preservation NC

Peter Sandbeck, Michael Southern, Claudia Brown (State Historic Preservation Office)

40+ authors, many other content contributors

Private donors, libraries and cultural institutions who provided images free of charge

Many departments at NCSU Libraries

Project History

Work on biographical dictionary of architects and builders in North Carolina began in late 1970s Myrick Howard & Preservation NC

Split into two volumes, first volume on history of building practice published by Catherine W. Bishir, Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, and Ernest H. Wood III in 1990 as “Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building”

Hiatus

Project History

Project was reactivated in 2004

Switch to a digital publishing model in 2006

Project launched on June 24, 2009

Technology

Demonstration

http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/

Content Creation

Content stored as XML

Each person and building has a separate XML file

Currently over 200 persons and 1600 buildings

Commercial web-based XML editor for creating XML records

Custom-built tools for managing data

WorkflowSubmission of entries to editor

Editing

Creating entries for building list

Creating personnel entries and inserting links

Adding bibliography items

Reviewing entries for errors

Posting new entries

Later: Incorporating corrections and new information

Why is there no entry for …?

Because you have not written it yet! We need your help!

We are looking for:Authors of new entriesContributors to existing entriesImage providers

Also let us know if you:Find errors in existing entriesHave additional information on people or buildingsLike the site

Thank you.

Joseph Ryan: joseph_ryan@ncsu.edu

Markus Wust: markus_wust@ncsu.edu

http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/

Contact NC Architects and Builders at:

ncarchitectsandbuilders@ncsu.edu