Monthly Archives: March 2014

Ask not what you can do for OASIS, but what OASIS can do for you!

One of the things that engaging with the OASIS system can do is provide a quick easy and cost free means of HERs linking from their records to the relevant reports. Some HERs currently put this to good use and you can see examples in the Heritage Gateway of HERs, like Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, providing a really rich resource to the user. So if you are not already doing it, how do you go about doing this linking? Continue reading Ask not what you can do for OASIS, but what OASIS can do for you!

Historic Environment Research Archives, Links and Data (HERALD): a new beginning for OASIS

We all know that the historic environment sector has undergone a great degree of upheaval over the last few years as a result of the recession-busting moves by both central and local government and, perhaps even more importantly, the slump in building activity. It is therefore even more heartening to be able to announce an investment in OASIS to redevelop the system to better meet the needs of the historic environment community it endeavours to serve. Continue reading Historic Environment Research Archives, Links and Data (HERALD): a new beginning for OASIS