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The ADS Training Portal
Data Management and Digital Preservation shouldn’t be skills only some archaeologists can access. That’s why we’re opening our vault and providing access to our training materials.…
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A New Look for the Oxford Expedition to Egypt: Scene-details Database
We are excited to announce a new version of the Oxford Expedition to Egypt: Scene-details Database, an ADS collection that has been a valuable resource for…
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PACE Survey Report: Digital Archiving with the ADS
During autumn 2024 the Archaeology Data Services (ADS) Collections team undertook a survey of current depositors to understand individuals’ experiences of depositing digital archives with the…
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Unlocking Archaeological Data: Exploring New Ways to Access ADS Collections via APIs
As archaeological research continues to evolve, the need for efficient access to digital resources has never been greater. At the ADS, we’re constantly looking for ways…
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My First Few Months with the ADS – Digital vs Physical Archives
It has been two months since I started as a digital archives assistant at the ADS. This time has focused on getting to grips with how…
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Large digital cemetery archives: Good practice for depositors and archivists
Content warning: This blog post contains images of human remains. During my MSc in Digital Archaeology at the University of York in 2022, I decided that…
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ADS Goes to iPres 2024 in Ghent
This year’s edition of the International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPres 2024) was held between Monday 16th and Friday 20th September 2024 in Ghent, Belgium. Hosted…
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Common Helpdesk Queries: Insights from My Time on the Archaeology Data Service Helpdesk
During my time on the Online AcceS to the Index of archaeological investigationS (OASIS) helpdesk, I encountered a wide range of queries from users across the…
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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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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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Human Settlements in a Digital Universe: The No Man’s Sky Archaeological Project
By Andrew Reinhard On August 11, 2017, a community of a few hundred people awoke to find their homes and farms destroyed, the air too toxic…
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in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate
As it’s World Digital Preservation Day I thought I’d finished the following blog about our work with managing the digital objects within our collection. Like most…
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ADS’s Day of Archaeology
It was the Day of Archaeology last Friday and ADS are a big supporter of the event which raises the profile of ‘what archaeologists really…
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The Internet Archaeology of the ADS
While rationalising old and orphaned files on the ADS servers, I stumbled upon an old index.html file for a previous version of the website. Similar to…
