Canadian Architect and Builder

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Canadian Architect and Builder
2. Source (URL): http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/
3. Type of files: .txt
4. Date of data extraction: 2020-07
5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:    Funding for the original digitization of the journal was provided by the Young Canada Works in Science and Technology grant sponsored by the Canadian Library Association in co-operatioln with the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Digital Collections Program of Industry Canada.

DATASET/COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This dataset consists of plain text files containing the full text of the publication Canadian Architect and Builder (1888-1908), which was digitized by McGill University Libraries in the late 90s and is accessible at Canadian Architect and Builder Online.

The Canadian Architect and Builder (CAB) was the only professional architectural journal published in Canada before World War I. With both advertisements and articles appearing in the text files, CAB provides a wealth of information on the state of architecture and building in Canada during the late 19th and earlier 20th centuries.

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: No Known Copyright    Note: Given the date span of publication, many items in the collection will be in the public domain, but this ha not be verified for the entire collection.

2. Usage statement: We are making these files available on the condition that user credit the McGill University Library and Archives when using or reproducing them in any context. Giving credit promotes good scholarship, and helps others find the original source material.

3. Links to publications that cite or use the data or related publications: Marilyn Berger: "Digitization for Preservation and Access: A Case Study" (Library HiTech, 17: 2, 1999, 146-51)

4. Recommended citation for this dataset: McGill University Library (2020). Canadian Architect and Builder. V1. [Derivative dataset for Canadian Architect and Builder Online]. Physical collection held in McGill Rare Books and Special Collections. https://github.com/mcgill-digital/canadian_architect_and_builder.

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: The cab_files folder contains 6247 plain text files containing the full text of Canadian Architect and Builder. Each .txt file contains the full text for one page of text. The entire set of files is also available as cab_files.zip

2. File naming conventions: Files are named as v volume-number n issue-number p page-number .txt E.g. v10n10p187.txt contains the full text of Volume 10, Issue 10, page 187. Files are named as v volume-number n issue-number p page-number .txt E.g. v10n10p187.txt contains the full text of Volume 10, Issue 10, page 187.

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Credits for the original site available here: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/credits.htm.