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Swiss Libraries on a map
Map all libraries from Swissbib.
Data
Tools
- cleaning with OpenRefine
- geocoding with google maps API and qgis
- mapping with cartoDB
Result
- List of libraries from swissbib and geocoordinates (last 2 columns) : http://make.opendata.ch/wiki/_media/project:libraries_switzerland2_2.xlsx
- Map with respect to size of libraries : https://liowalter.cartodb.com/viz/85d3d60c-4069-11e6-bff3-0ecd1babdde5/public_map
- Map with library networks : https://liowalter.cartodb.com/viz/b185b31a-4069-11e6-b232-0e3ff518bd15/public_map
- The tool was completed and put to production at Swissbib in 2019: https://www.swissbib.ch/Libraries
Team
- liowalter with lot of inputs from André Ourednik, Maïwenn Bouldic, Guenter Hipler, Silvia Witzig
Selected Open Datasets for the 2019 mix'n'hack
Photographs of Valais by Charles Rieder
Photo : In front of the Arsenal, Sion, 1900. By Charles Rieder, Médiathèque Valais – Martigny, used under CC BY
Charles Rieder, owner of the Café de Genève in Sion, was also an amazing photographer who left us 243 negatives on glass plates, taken between 1890 and 1920. The subjects are conventional: portraits, processions, celebrations, but the photographer's perspective is original and not devoid of humour
Source: Mediatheque Valais - Martigny
Online Catalog: Fonds Charles Rieder
Data: https://opendata.swiss/dataset/photographs-of-valais-by-charles-rieder
Recordings about Valais life by Basile Tabin
Photo : Grand Cortège Historique, Sion, 1899. By Charles Rieder, Médiathèque Valais – Martigny, used under CC BY
Le fonds Basile Tabin est l’un des 60 fonds sonores conservés à la Médiathèque Valais – Martigny. Le fonds a été déposé en 2000 à la Médiathèque Valais – Martigny. Il est constitué d’une trentaine d’enregistrements sonores, sur bandes magnétiques, et enregistrés par Basile Tabin (1904-2000) – chasseur de son actif en Valais jusqu’aux années 1990 dans la région de Sierre. Il contient en particulier des enregistrements à caractère ethnographique : captation de pièce de théâtre, de musique -essentiellement populaire – et un entretien sur support DAT avec Basile Tabin, alors âgé de 90 ans, qui revient sur ses souvenirs de famille.
Source: Mediatheque Valais - Martigny
Online Catalog: Fonds Basile Tabin
Data: https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/recordings-by-basile-tabin-about-valais
Postcards from Valais (1890-1950)
Photo : Postcard representing Monthey. Musées cantonaux du Valais – Musée d’histoire, used under CC BY
A collection of 3900 postcards from Valais.
Source: Musées cantonaux du Valais – Musée d’histoire
Data: https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/postcards-from-valais-1890-1950
Gietro Collection
Lettre du Préfet d'Entremont au Conseiller d'Etat au département des ponts et chaussées. 1863.
Historical Documents about the Gietro Glacier Catastrophe which killed 44 persons in 1818.
Source: Archives de l'Etat du Valais
Metadata from the Valais Archive
Description of the collections of Valais State Archive.
Source: Archives de l'Etat du Valais
Online Catalog: https://scopequery.vs.ch/suchinfo.aspx
Data: https://opendata.swiss/dataset/metadata-valais-state-archive
Other Datasets that are related to the 2019 mix'n'hack
Digitized collections of the Mediatheque Valais
Photo by Les amis du patois d'Hérémence, Médiathèque Valais - Martigny, used under CC BY
The Mediatheque Valais has digitized many images, recordings and films about Valais. However most of them are still under copyright and therefore not freely usable. During the hackathon, it will be possible to discuss with the collections manager to see what is possible to do. For example :
88 recordings about Valais Patois|
155 movies about the daily life in Valais (1930-1978)
[[https://nb-posters.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,vsbcvs,AND&pfilter=cdate,exact,18500101,AND&pfilter=cdate,exact,19411230,AND&tab=vsbcvs&search_scope=vsbcvs&sortby=rank&vid=41SNL_53_INST:posters&lang=fr&mode=advanced&offset=0|405 Posters about Valais
Aerial Photographs Eduard Spelterini
Between 1890 and 1910 Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) undertook a number of travels by balloon over Switzerland and other countries. While doing this, he took photographs from above. Pictures from a bird’s eye view from this time are very rare, so this collection is an important contribution to historical research.
Data: https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/bildersammlung-eduard-spelterini
Rainer Maria Rilke Manuscripts
A lot of manuscripts, letters and pictures from the famous poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke, who spent the end of his life in Valais.
Data: https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/handschriften-rainer-maria-rilke
Datasets2
Below you can find some cultural datasets which would be a good fit for this year Mix'n'Hack in Sion. But of course, participants can work on the cultural datasets of their choice. Have a look at the full list of Swiss Cultural Datasets for more inspiration.
![]() | Fonds Charles Rieder Charles Rieder, owner of the Café de Genève in Sion, was also an amazing photographer who left us 243 negatives on glass plates, taken between 1890 and 1920. The subjects are conventional: portraits, processions, celebrations, but the photographer's perspective is original and not devoid of humour. |
![]() | Aerial Photographs Eduard Spelterini Between 1890 and 1910 Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) undertook a number of travels by balloon over Switzerland and other countries. While doing this, he took photographs from above. Pictures from a bird’s eye view from this time are very rare, so this collection is an important contribution to historical research. |
![]() | Rainer Maria Rilke Manuscripts A lot of manuscripts, letters and pictures from the famous poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke, who spent the end of his life in Valais. |
![]() | Valais Patois The Mediatheque Valais has digitized many recordings about the Valais Patois. 88 recordings about Valais Patois |