Most archaeologists working in Scotland (and the wider UK) will know about OASIS. OASIS is currently undergoing redevelopment and part of that process involves trying to realise a long held ambition to better integrate museums into the process. As part of ScARF’s Museums Project, ScARF will be hosting a small workshop to try and bring together … Continue reading New date for ScARF Workshop: OASIS & HERALD – 26th June
Most archaeologists working in Scotland (and the wider UK) will know about OASIS. OASIS is currently undergoing redevelopment and part of that process involves trying to realise a long held ambition to better integrate museums into the process. As part of ScARF’s Museums Project, ScARF will be hosting a small workshop to try and bring together … Continue reading ScARF Workshop: OASIS & HERALD
It’s a busy few months on the HERALD project. In March the final project design was agreed and work commenced almost immediately on the first major milestone: the creation of the ADS Library. There’s been considerable interest in what is happening next, so we thought it would be a good idea to circulate the HERALD … Continue reading HERALD: The agreed project design
This is the final instalment of the findings from the HERALD survey and covers the returns from 56 of the total 516 respondents who defined themselves as academic staff or students. All but one of the respondents replied as individuals and it was an almost even split between university staff and students. Most respondents worked … Continue reading What Academics said about OASIS: HERALD survey findings #7
This was a small sample of a small community within archaeology and the historic environment being only 15 of the total 516 respondents and further consultation will be needed to confirm if the opinions below are a true reflection of the museum community. However it is worth noting that some of the questions received the same … Continue reading What museum professionals said about OASIS: HERALD survey findings #6
Here’s the next in the series of HERALD survey findings: 67 of the total 516 respondents classed themselves as volunteers or community archaeologists including local societies and independent archaeologists or researchers. The responses sample size was quite small in comparison with other groups (12% of total respondents). However, the results did provide some insight into … Continue reading What volunteers and community groups said about OASIS: HERALD survey findings #5
This is the fourth post in the series of HERALD survey findings for the redevelopment of the OASIS form. 79 of the total 516 respondents defined themselves local government conservation officers and 20 of the total 516 were historic building specialists. Most buildings specialists (BS) responded as individuals whereas conservation officers (CO) were much more likely … Continue reading What historic building specialists said about OASIS: HERALD survey findings #4
This is the third instalment in the findings from the HERALD survey on the redevelopment of the OASIS form. Only 17 respondents from of the total of 516 respondents defined themselves Specialist (post excavation analyses). And although the results set was small these were the conclusions drawn from it: Three quarters of the 17 respondents who … Continue reading What specialists said about OASIS: HERALD survey findings #3
Here’s the second instalment of the seven posts on the HERALD survey findings. This covers 155 of the total 516 responses from contractors otherwise known as the FAME survey and it includes contracting archaeologists and archaeological consultants. Respondents were almost evenly split between responding as individuals and on behalf of their organisations this probably reflects the … Continue reading What contractors thought of OASIS: HERALD Survey findings #2
I’m pleased to be able to tell you about the findings of the HERALD: OASIS redevelopment survey that happened last year. Although there was one survey the results have been analysed in seven separate groups according to the way that people defined themselves: Here are the findings of the survey of local government archaeologists including … Continue reading What local government archaeologists said about OASIS: HERALD survey findings # 1