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Welcome to Ingest – our new deposit system for heritage data
We at the ADS and HSDS are excited to announce the launch of our new deposit system – Ingest. Ingest enables researchers, field archaeologists, heritage scientists…
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ADS-easy and Beyond: The Last Decade of Digital Archiving at the ADS
Back in September 2025, I had the pleasure to attend the CIfA Archaeological Archives Group conference “From Past to Future: Archiving 2000–2025”. My presentation gave an…
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My First Few Months at the ADS – Ian Wyre
I’m Dr Ian Wyre and I started working with the Archaeology Data Service as a Digital Archives Assistant in May 2025. I had begun my career…
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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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How do DOIs affect me?
Digital Object Identifiers are clearly very helpful for data preservation and accessibility, but how do they make a difference for those who operate outside of digital…
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How do DOIs benefit the ADS and other repositories?
All resources archived with the ADS are Open Access and delivered through our website to facilitate re-use by the heritage sector and wider community. But how…
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How we do what we do
Today I’m in Belfast talking at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Archives & Records Association. For those who can’t make it, or were so taken…
