Abstract
Collation of data from a finding aid for the Seán Ó Riada Collection / Bailiúchán Sheáin Uí Riada at the Boole Library, University College Cork.
Dataset originally created 10 Apr 2015 UPDATE: Packaged on 01/10/2025
I. About this Data Set
This data set is a result of manual data entry conducted by Patrick Egan (Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin) at the Boole Library, University College Cork, a descriptive list (or finding aid) relating to Seán Ó Riada.
Research was conducted between 2014-2018. It contains metadata from entries in the finding aid (or "descriptive list") relating to documents from Seán Ó Riada Collection/Bailiúchán Sheáin Uí Riada. The PhD project was published in 2020, entitled, “Exploring ethnography and digital visualisation: a study of musical practice through the contextualisation of music related projects from the Seán Ó Riada Collection”. You are invited to use and re-use this data with appropriate attribution.
The "Descriptive List Dataset" dataset consists of 1463 rows.
II. What’s included? This data set includes:
The Descriptive List dataset – a .CSV containing
ID MissingDateNumber of pages/items Description
III. How Was It Created? These data were created by daily visits to the Seán Ó Riada Collection, archives in Ireland, and online databases over the course of four years, through close reading, description, and general collection of metadata.
IV. Data Set Field Descriptions
a) The "Descriptive List Dataset" dataset field descriptions
ID - item ID in the finding aid / descriptive listMissing - if items have sub-items within themDate - the date that the item refers toNumber of pages/items - the number of pages or items in the item documentsDescription - the description of the item
V. Rights statement The text in this data set was created by the researcher and can be used in many different ways under creative commons with attribution. All contributions to this PhD project are released into the public domain as they are created. Anyone is free to use and re-use this data set in any way they want, provided reference is given to the creator of this dataset.
VI. Creator and Contributor Information
Creator: Patrick Egan (Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin)
VII. Contact Information Please direct all questions and comments to Patrick Egan via his website at www.patrickegan.org. You can also get in touch with the Library via UCC website.
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2025 |
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