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My First Month as a Digital Archives Assistant
Hello! I’m Evelyn, and I started my role as a Digital Archives Assistant for the Archaeology Data Service at the beginning of August. Having previously worked…
Hello! I’m Evelyn, and I started my role as a Digital Archives Assistant for the Archaeology Data Service at the beginning of August. Having previously worked…
Some readers will have seen two new job adverts for working at the ADS, and so I thought it would be useful to provide a general…
As many readers will be aware the a new OASIS system (OASIS V) is now in place. In preparation for this we have taken the decision…
15 March 2021 sees the UK launch of the beta version of the new ARIADNE portal, a powerful user interface enabling exploration of heritage records and…
This case study describes the background and behind the scenes work that has gone into archiving the Day of Archaeology Project. The final digital archive for…
Several users have been in touch concerned over the future of England’s Rock Art website. Suffice to say that users should rest easy that no data…
The following is a Guest Blog authored by Professor Stephen Todd, currently visiting Professor in the Dept of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London. We’re always interested in…
This week my colleague (Teagan Zoldoske) flagged up the following report: Wiseman, R., and Ronn, P. (2020). Archaeology on Furlough: Accessing Archaeological Information Online: A Survey of Volunteers’ Experiences. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.54876…
Guest post by Jamie Geddes Recently, I have been on a work placement with the Archaeology Data Service, otherwise known as the ADS, situated within the…
At the ADS, we’ve been thinking a lot about accessibility recently and how we can ensure our collections can be used and enjoyed by as many…
Metadata. Something extremely important to the long-term health and reuse of data and yet the mere mention of it can cause people to shut off and…