Project Tasks

The  French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe (FBTEE) project has involved high levels of collaborative interaction. No attempt to describe these interactions in terms of a Fordian division of labour – as in the table below – can ever hope to capture or weigh the full complexity of the tasks, responsibilities and consultation involved. The table does, however, provide a snapshot indication of the main and multiple roles played by all the key participants, especially when read in conjunction with the ‘Project History’ under the ‘Credits’ tab.

  Responsible person In consultation with Checking
Principal Investigator (Project management and co-ordination) Simon Burrows Project Management Board members n/a
Initial concept (2004-6) Simon Burrows n/a n/a
Pilot project (March 2006) Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a n/a
Project Design and Methodologies Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a n/a
AHRC grant application Simon Burrows Mark Curran, Jonathan Topham, Sarah Kattau Various colleagues
AHRC Grant technical appendix Sarah Kattau and Peter Millican Simon Burrows Simon Burrows & various colleagues
Project Research Fellow (2007-2011) Mark Curran n/a n/a
External Project Board Member Prof. David Adams, University of Manchester n/a n/a
Appointed Project Management Board Members Simon Dixon (2007-8); Russell Goulbourne (2008-12); Jonathan Topham (2007-12); Peter Millican (2007-12) n/a n/a
Database design Sarah Kattau Simon Burrows and Mark Curran
Data editor design (data entry system) Sarah Kattau Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a
Keyword editor design (data entry for keywords and Parisian system) Amyas Merivale Simon Burrows n/a
Data interface design – first phase Amyas Merivale Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a
Data interface design – second phase Vincent Hiribarren Simon Burrows, Mark Curran and Amyas Merivale n/a
GIS and map design and implementation Vincent Hiribarren Simon Burrows n/a
Project Keyword system Simon Burrows Mark Curran n/a
Project version of Parisian categorisation system Mark Curran Simon Burrows n/a
Options menu concepts Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a n/a
Options menu implementation (data preparation) Simon Burrows Amyas Merivale Simon Burrows and Mark Curran
Options menu implementation (technical aspects) Amyas Merivale Simon Burrows n/a
Primary research, data entry, interpretation and collating bibliographic data Mark Curran n/a Simon Burrows and Peter Burrows.
Further research, data entry, interpretation and collating – bibliographic data (problem works, esp. non-French titles) Simon Burrows Mark Curran, Moritz Föllmer, Ian Moxon, Rhiannon Daniels, Anthony Wright Simon Burrows and Mark Curran
Data entry and interpretation –transaction (events) data Mark Curran n/a Mark Curran. Samples of this data were also double-checked by Simon Burrows; Jeffry Freedman; and Andrew Brown.
Data entry and interpretation – client data Mark Curran n/a Mark Curran, Simon Burrows and Peter Burrows
Research, data entry and interpretation – categorisation Simon Burrows Mark Curran Simon Burrows
Data enrichment, general notes and structures – place data Simon Burrows n/a Simon Burrows and Vincent Hiribarren
Place locations and co-ordinate data Mark Curran, Simon Burrows, Vincent Hiribarren n/a Simon Burrows and Vincent Hiribarren
Data entry (markers of illegality data) Mark Curran Simon Burrows Simon Burrows
Research and data entry higher education (place notes field) Vincent Hiribarren Simon Burrows n/a
Data enrichment and structures – client professional data Simon Burrows Mark Curran Simon Burrows
Interface testing Simon Burrows, Mark Curran, Vincent Hiribarren David Adams, Miscellaneous external users n/a
Visualisations and Mapping Vincent Hiribarren Simon Burrows, Amyas Merivale Simon Burrows and Vincent Hiribarren
Final Editing Simon Burrows and Vincent Hiribarren Mark Curran n/a
Instructional walk-through videos Simon Burrows (script and narration); Vincent Hiribarren (technical and editing) n/a Simon Burrows and Vincent Hiribarren
Instructional materials and guides under Help and Resources menu Simon Burrows, Amyas Merivale, Vincent Hiribarren n/a n/a
Acknowledgments and Credits Simon Burrows Project team Project team
Abbreviations and List of Manuscripts Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a Vincent Hiribarren
Website management Sarah Kattau, Amyas Merivale and Vincent Hiribarren Simon Burrows n/a
Website written content / project blog Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a n/a
External Liaison with other Digital Humanities projects Mark Curran Simon Burrows, Amyas Merivale and Vincent Hiribarren n/a
Print outputs Simon Burrows and Mark Curran n/a n/a
Database support at Leeds (2012-2013) Vincent Hiribarren Simon Burrows n/a
Transfer of website and database to UWS (2013-2014) Vincent Hiribarren, Andrew Leahy and Jason Ensor Simon Burrows and Peter Sefton Simon Burrows and Jason Ensor

Document created by Simon Burrows, 8 June 2012.
[Updated 28 January 2014]