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The development at both national and local level of a more integrated approach to the management of the historic environment has led to a widening of information sources which are now broader in scope than what was understood by the term 'SMR'. It is in part this which has led to a change of name to ‘Historic Environment Record'. This has proceeded by consensus following discussion by the HER Forum and adopted by [EH|Glossary#English Heritage|target='_blank'] and ALGAO at their HER working party. Most English and Welsh HERs now contain a record of the built heritage, some contain details of palaeoenvironmental sites and/or links to geological and ecological records. This approach has not yet been adopted in Scotland.
Statutory status, the proposed portal for the historic environment (the [Heritage Gateway|Glossary#Heritage Gateway|target='_blank'], an English Heritage initiative in collaboration with ALGAO and IHBC see A.2.8), the trend towards integration of archaeology, the built environment and biological records is in line with national government policy towards modernisation. The [''Modernising Government White Paper'' (HMSO 1999)|Bibliography#HMSO 1999|target='_blank'] set out a timetable for government departments to deliver services to the public which 'join up' functions currently served by different departments (for Scotland, see [Open Scotland|http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18979/33552|target='_blank'], and also the [PastMap|http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/PASTMAP/start.jsp|target='_blank'] project that provides access to the Scottish National Archaeological and Architectural Datasets that are maintained by [Historic Scotland|Glossary#Historic Scotland|target='_blank'], [RCAHMS|Glossary#RCAHMS|target='_blank'], Scottish Natural Heritage and some SMRs). Government departments are required to develop a timetable for implementing electronic services that are available for 24 hours each day. These requirements give increased impetus to HERs to enhance their databases, adopting GIS, digitising collections and meeting the [''Benchmarks for Good Practice'' (Chitty 2002|Bibliography#Chitty 2002|target='_blank']) to provide greater public access in line with the Government's stated objective of access for all, not just a few. Overall, these pressures, with the moves towards regional structures by national government, will pose the question of whether the current structure of HER provision can adequately resource the needs of a more 'joined-up' approach to the historic environment.
Statutory status proposed for England, the proposed portal for the historic environment (the Heritage Gateway, an English Heritage initiative in collaboration with ALGAO and IHBC), [Pastmap|Glossary#Pastmap|target='_blank'] in Scotland and [Coflein|Glossary#Coflein|target='_blank'] and Historic Wales) and the greater interoperability being provided by FISH through their interoperability toolkit will continue to open up new challenges and opportunities for HERs in the future.
In 2009, English Heritage carried out a point-in-time survey of SMRs/HERS, looking at how SMRs were moving into HERs and the different work that was being carried out. Although many HERs have now moved beyond this, the case studies contained in this publication will still have relevance to some HERs. The publication can be found at: [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/smr-to-her-local-authority-case-studies/acc-smr-her.pdf]
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