We are excited to announce the launch of the Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS)!
The Heritage Science Data Service will provide core Digital Research Services as part of the RICHeS programme, to transform heritage science and conservation research and its capacity to advance understanding, preservation, and management of UK heritage.
Heritage science and conservation research has significant digital infrastructure requirements. These fields employ a broad range of technologies including: digital imaging (3D laser scanning, X-ray, infrared, XRF scanning etc), remote sensing (LiDAR, geophysics), 3D modelling, dating (dendrochronology, C14) and many others. Many of these complementary methods are used in tandem, generating numerous datasets at large scales that require active data management to ensure long-term preservation and re-use. This data is a primary resource, generally born-digital, which cannot be reacquired. It is therefore essential they are managed and curated according to the FAIR data principles.
Over the next five years, the ADS will lead a consortium of organisations from across the UK including STFC Hartree Centre, a high-performance computing, data analytics and AI research facility. Over this period we will create:
- a catalogue of research facilities, reference collections and expertise;
- an aggregating function, making data collections navigable and searchable;
- a FAIR repository for research data, encouraging Access and Re-use, and ensuring datasets are preserved into the long term.
The HSDS is part of the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme, funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council through the UKRI Infrastructure Fund.
To find out more about the project please visit the HSDS website and the HSDS post on our Projects page. More information about the project will be added to the website in the coming months.
New Positions with the ADS
To support this new service we are seeking talented individuals to fill a series of new roles over the next six months. We have recently recruited several new positions, but we are thrilled to announce the advertisement of eight new roles that have gone live today. These roles are listed below:
- HSDS Collections Development Manager
- Digital Archives Supervisor
- Training Officer
- Data Standards Officer
- HSDS Systems Manager
- Applications Developer
- Applications Developer (Linked Open Data)
- Administration and Finance Assistant
To find out more details about these roles please visit the HSDS Jobs website.
For further information about the roles please contact the HSDS Service Manager, Jo Tozer (service-manager@hsds.ac.uk).
RICHeS
The HSDS is funded as part of the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme, an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded £80 million project to provide a network of facilities, collections and expertise in conservation and heritage science. In addition to the HSDS, the RICHeS programme has funded a series of collections and facilities to improve the provision of Heritage Science in the UK, which the HSDS will be working in conjunction with.
