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Minting DOIs and the DataCite Commons
This blog post in our series takes a deeper dive into how we create DOIs for the ADS collections by a process known as ‘minting’, as…
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Digital Object Identifiers: Linking Effectively
One of our top priorities at the ADS is to make our collections findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. This includes utilising sustainable referencing methods such as…
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ADS Priorities for 2023/2024
The work of the ADS is overseen by a Management Committee made up of representatives of key stakeholders, funders, and user communities. The Committee meets once…
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Archaeology on Furlow: attitudes and expectations to online resources
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…
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The exciting world of Metadata
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…
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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…
