I: Useful websites
- I.1 National organisations
- I.2 Training and professional development
- I.3 Information technology and the World Wide Web
- I.5 GIS
- I.6 Disaster control plans
- I.7 Regional organisations and HERs
- I.8 Thematic recording projects
- I.9 Storage and digital archiving
- I.10 Access to information
- I.10.1 Equality
- I.10.2 Copyright
- I.10.3 Freedom of Information
- I.10.4 Education
- I.10.5 Information gateways/portals
- I.10.6 National databases
I.1 National organisations#
Archaeology Data Service
Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers
Council for British Archaeology
Council for Scottish Archaeology
Dept for Communities and Local Government
Dept for Culture, Media and Sport
Heirnet consultancy, http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/heirnet/index.cfm
Welsh Local Government Association
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
National Monuments Record of Scotland
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
I.2 Training and professional development#
ADS Guide to Good Practice for Excavation and Fieldwork Archives
ADS: training in IT for archaeologists
The Archaeology Training Forum
CBA Briefing: training courses, etc
Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation
(Please note that the CHNTO no longer exists as an organization but its web site archive is still accessible)
HELM: Information and training to help decision makers.
IFA, http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/content/index.php?page=41: training and career development
IFA: CPD page
Improvement and Development Agency
National occupational standards in Archaeological Practice
Training in Professional Archaeology
I.3 Information technology and the World Wide Web#
Anti-virus (general information)
McAfee (virus protection software)
MessageLabs (secure content management services)
Symantec ('Antivirus Research Center')
What is FTP and here
World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium
I.5 GIS#
ADS GIS Guide to Good Practice
Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council
GiGateway website (formerly NGDF)]
I.6 Disaster control plans#
Disaster control-plan template
I.7 Regional organisations and HERs#
ADSonline catalogue [ArchSearch
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust
Heritage Gateway (contact details for English HERs]
I.8 Thematic recording projects#
Airfield Research Group
Archaeological Investigations Project
Association for Industrial Archaeology
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture
National Inventory of War Memorials
Public Monuments & Sculpture Assn
Survey of the Jewish Built Heritage
Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society
UK Database for Historic Parks and Gardens
Details of these and other projects can be found on the [HEIRNET register
I.9 Storage and digital archiving#
ADS Guide to Good Practice for Excavation and Fieldwork Archives
MLA: Museums Libraries and Archives Council (this Council no longer exists and the link is to the archived version of its website)
Museum Net (products & services)
I.10 Access to information#
I.10.1 Equality#
Campaign for Clear English redirects to direct.gov pages http://www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/fs/en
Language Line (Telephone Translation Service)
RNID Typetalk servicefor those using ‘text’ phones (or Minicom) http://www.typetalk.org/
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (now Action for Hearing Loss)
I.10.2 Copyright#
I.10.3 Freedom of Information#
Information Commissioner’s Office
Scottish Information Commissioner
Differences between the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations
I.10.4 Education#
Accessing Scotland’s Past
I.10.5 Information gateways/portals#
ArchSearch
I.10.6 National databases#
ArchSearch
British & Irish archaeological bibliography
Great Britain Historical GIS Project
Wales Historic Landscapes Register
Scotland historical maps available online on the National Library of Scotland.