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Market analysis and new stakeholder relationships
Following on from our announcement of receiving funding from the University of York’s Partnership for Academic and Commercial Engagement initiative, the ADS has been pleased to…
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The Evolution of the Ingest Process at the Archaeology Data Service – A Presentation for DigiPres North
DigiPres North is a recently established interest group initiated by Bryony Hooper (Digital Preservation Manager at the University of Sheffield) and Dorothy Waugh (Digital Preservation Archivist…
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Casting an eye on the new web templates for ADS Archives
As we announced back in March, the ADS is due to launch a series of new features for the ADS Archives templates that provide an accessible…
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CAA UK – November 2023
This year’s CAAUK conference, organised by the British chapter of CAA (Computer Application & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology), was held in Edinburgh on Friday 24th and…
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One big jigsaw: Challenges in disseminating 3D data from The Former Curzon Street Station Yard
High Speed Two’s groundbreaking archaeology programme is currently not just Europe’s largest excavation but also a treasure trove of insights into the lives that shaped modern…
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My first few months with the ADS – Marco Brunello
Editor Intro: This week’s blog post is written by Marco Brunello, an ADS Digital Archives Assistant who recently joined us in York. Below Marco talks about…
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Castles, Cremations, Ports and Pillboxes: Archives Week August 2023
Last month, our team of archivists were busy with another ‘Archives Sprint’, a week dedicated to processing digital archives deposited through our website’s ADS-easy interface. Over…
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ADS reaches 3000 Collections!
The ADS team is delighted to announce the recent release of our 3000th data collection! This milestone represents significant growth in the number of Collections deposited…
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ADS in Amsterdam: CAA Conference 2023
The annual Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Conference was held this year from 3rd to 6th of April in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2023 marked…
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Accession. Migration. Duplication. The exciting world of archiving digital data.
The ADS is an accredited digital repository and data that’s deposited with us is available open access via our archives or library but what actually happens…
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My First Month at the ADS
At the best of times starting a new job can be a nerve-racking experience. So starting a new job during a pandemic should therefore be worse,…
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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…
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Guidelines for Depositors, a reintroduction
The first half of 2020 has been an interesting one for sure. We’ve been working from home with our partners, children, and kettles as coworkers and…
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The ADS Grey Literature Library reaches a milestone!
The ADS Library now holds over 50,000 downloadable grey literature reports!Thank you to all the archivists who have worked hard preserving, archiving and disseminating these files and to all of our depositors who continue to make our Grey Literature Collections such a rich resource!
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Space is the Place (part I)
This is the first part of a (much delayed) series of blogs investigating the storage requirements of the ADS. This began way back in late 2016/early…
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A decade in data
It’s hard to believe, but next week will mark my 10 year anniversary at the ADS. I originally started on a one-year contract to oversee the archiving of…
