Since April 2004 when the latest incarnation of the OASIS Form went live I’ve had three main responsibilities as the main OASIS partner at Historic England:<\/p>\n
1) Validation & Sign-off of Forms already completed by HERs<\/p>\n
2) Training across England for contractors and curators<\/p>\n
3) Inputting of the results of HE research<\/p>\n
Ten years in and there have been few changes to these three strands; the most notable being the ‘proxy-validation’ of Forms with PDFs attached on behalf of a range of HERs. Figures of completed Forms from last\u00a0November show that the vast majority of those signed-off by HE came via HER validation, with a handful of proxy Forms.<\/p>\n
In April 2014 the total of completed Forms reached 20,000; at the end of 2014 it stood at 22,621 with almost 29,000 reports in the Grey Literature Library. In terms of HE research, OASIS has allowed the first county-wide systematic supply of HE work to HERs, perhaps the most satisfying personal achievement from the first ten years of the project. May I take this opportunity to thanks all my OASIS contacts for their input into the success of the system.<\/p>\n
Mark Barratt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since April 2004 when the latest incarnation of the OASIS Form went live I’ve had three main responsibilities as the main OASIS partner at Historic England: 1) Validation & Sign-off of Forms already completed by HERs 2) Training across England for contractors and curators 3) Inputting of the results of HE research Ten years in … Continue reading A Day in the Life: Historic England and OASIS<\/span>