Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 09:18:49 -0500
From: Neil Beagrie <neil.beagrie@ahds.ac.uk>
Subject: AHDS Guides to Good Practice
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
June 24, 1998
UK's ARCHAEOLOGY DATA SERVICE PUBLISHES:
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS--GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE
<http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/>
First in series of
GUIDES TO GOOD PRACTICE
PUBLISHED BY ARTS & HUMANITIES DATA SERVICE
<http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html>
First in an ambitious series of "Guides to Good Practice" to be published
by the UK's Arts & Humanities Data Service, is the Archaeology Data
Service's "GIS Guide to Good Practice."
Titles currently being prepared in this series, under the auspices of AHDS,
include the following:
ARCHAEOLOGY
* Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
* Archaeological Geophysics
* Computer Aided Design
* Excavation and Fieldwork Archiving
HISTORY
* Digitising history: a guide to creating electronic resources from
historical documents
* Secondary Analysis in Historical Research
* History GIS
PERFORMING ARTS
* Creating digitised audio materials for use in research and teaching
* Digital Collections in the Performing Arts: Metadata, Management and
Minefields
TEXTUAL STUDIES
* Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts
* Developing Linguistic Corpora
* Finding and Using Electronic Texts
VISUAL ARTS
* Creating digital information for the Visual Arts: standards and best
practice
* Using digital information in teaching and learning in the visual arts
* Why invest in the digitisation of visual arts material?
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY GUIDES
* Describing Resources: Dublin Core metadata
* Guide to Good Practice in Creating a Viable Digital Resource
Further information is available on the AHDS webpage at
<http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html>. Below I include the explanatory
introduction to that page:
"The AHDS is publishing a series of Guides providing the humanities
research and teaching communities with practical instruction in applying
recognised standards and good practice to the creation and use of digital
resources.
"Some of the Guides focus on methods and applications relevant to
humanities disciplines, such as history, archaeology, visual arts,
performing arts and textual and linguistic studies. Others address those
areas which cross disciplinary boundaries. All Guides identify and explore
key issues and provide comprehensive pointers for those who need more
specific information. As such they are essential reference materials for
anyone interested in computer-assisted research and teaching in the
humanities.
David Green
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>Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:29:51 +0100 ()
>>From: Neil Beagrie <neil.beagrie@ahds.ac.uk>
>To: ahds-all@mailbase.ac.uk
>
>Apologies for cross-posting, but please forward as appropriate
>
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> GIS Guide to Good Practice
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> http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/
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>The Archaeology Data Service is pleased to announce the
>web publication of its GIS Guide to Good Practice. It
>provides guidance for individuals and organisations involved
>in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation
>of GIS-based digital resources. The volume is written for
>specialists, students, and those in between.
>
>The GIS Guide has been written by a dedicated team of
>archaeologists, digital archivists, and GIS practitioners:
>Mark Gillings, Peter Halls, Gary Lock, Paul Miller,
>Greg Phillips, Nick Ryan, David Wheatley, and Alicia Wise.
>
>A traditional published version of the GIS Guide to Good
>Practice will be available during the Autumn of 1998 from
>Oxbow Books. Contact Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford,
>OX1 1HN for more information. Their email address is
>oxbow@patrol.i-way.co.uk
>
>This is the first volume in a series of Guides to Good
>Practice produced by the Arts and Humanities Data Service
>(AHDS). The AHDS is a digital archiving service in the UK
>consisting of six distributed services catering for the needs
>of researchers in archaeology, history, performing arts, text
>studies, and visual arts. Information about the AHDS Guide
>to Good Practice series can be obtained at:
>
>http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html
>
>Other titles in this series focus on the creation,
>management, preservation, and use of digital images,
>texts, etc.
>
>Four additional guides in this series are being
>developed by the Archaeology Data Service. They cover
>the archiving of digital excavation records,
>data derived from aerial photographs and remotely
>sensed images, CAD datasets, and archaeological
>geophysics information. For more information
>about these Guides in particular, please see:
>
>http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/g2gp.html
>--
>_____________________________________________________________
>
>Alicia L. Wise aw25@york.ac.uk
>Data Coordinator coord1@ads.ahds.ac.uk
>Archaeology Data Service
>University of York Tel: (01904) 433954
>King's Manor Fax: (01904) 433939
>York YO1 2EP
>UK
>
>http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/ahds/
>_____________________________________________________________
>
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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
david@ninch.org
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