Opening up UK archives data (i)
On 14th April the UK Archives Discovery Network (UKAD) met in Manchester to discuss challenges surrounding the opening up of archival data. We were looking to develop our understanding of the key...
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This is the second post relating to the recent UKAD meeting, concentrating on the brainstorming that took place around digital and digitised archives. The driving forces that were identified:...
View ArticleOut and about or Hub contributor training
Every year we provide our contributors and potential contributors with free training on how to use our EAD editor software. The days are great fun and we really enjoy the chance to meet archivists from...
View ArticleMore Product, Less Processing?
I’ve been reading a fascinating article by Mark A. Greene and Dennis Meissner, ‘More Product Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing‘ (PDF). I wanted to offer a summary of the article....
View ArticleAn evaluation of the use of archives and the Archives Hub
This blog is based upon a report written by colleagues at Mimas* presenting the results of the evaluation of our innovative Linked Data interface, ‘Linking Lives‘. The evaluation consisted of a survey...
View ArticleSupporting Historians: responding to changing research practices
This post picks out some highlights from a report from Ithaka S+R, “Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians” by Roger C Schonfeld and Jennifer Rutner (December 2012). It concentrates...
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