Presentation for ADS-easy users

An online workshop that ran on the 30th September 2020 for Headland Archaeology.

Abstract

This online workshop draws attention to the increasing importance of digital preservation to archaeology and the history of the ADS. It provides information on deposition routes, costing and charging, formats, metadata and data management planning. This session will be conclude with a practical demonstration of the ADS-easy system.

Outcomes

By the end of the workshop participants should have a clearer understanding of:

• an understanding of data management and best practice
• an understanding of the various submission streams for the deposition of data (with the ADS)
• an understanding of charging and the cost of submission
• an understanding of selection and retention
• a working knowledge of ADS-easy.

Course resources

• Deposition: costing, best practice and practical advice (Presentation)
• ADS-easy (link)
• ADS-easy Handbook (version 3.0){draft}
• a test dataset

Further reading and resources

ADS resources

• Guidelines for Depositors
• Preparing datasets
• File Formats and Metadata
• Guidance on the Selection of Material for Deposit and Archive
• Charging Policy

Data management planning

• Data Management 
• The Digital Preservation Coalition guidance on Data Management Planning
• The Digital Curation Center guidance on Data Management Planning

Metadata and data formats

• Library of Congress Recommended Formats Statement
• Heritage Data Vocabularies

Selection

• The Digital Curation Center’s Selection and Retention Guidelines
• CIFA Archives Group Selection Toolkit for Archaeological Archives.

Archaeological archive standards and guidelines

• Guides to Good Practice
• ARCHES Archaeological Resources in Cultural Heritage a European Standard website
• Archaeological Archives: A guide to best practice in creation, compilation, transfer and curation

Digital preservation

• Digital Preservation Coalition