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Collections from the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) ahds.ac.uk/

Collections from the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) http://ahds.ac.uk/ How is the AHDS Organised? AHDS Executive (King’s College London) AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics (Oxford Text Archive, Oxford Uni.) AHDS History (UK Data Archive, University Of Essex)

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Collections from the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) ahds.ac.uk/

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  1. Collectionsfrom the Arts and HumanitiesData Service(AHDS)http://ahds.ac.uk/

  2. How is the AHDS Organised? • AHDS Executive(King’s College London) • AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics(Oxford Text Archive, Oxford Uni.) • AHDS History(UK Data Archive, University Of Essex) • Funded by JISC and AHRC • Established in 1996 • AHDS Archaeology(Archaeology Data Service, University Of York) • AHDS Performing Arts(University Of Glasgow) • AHDS Visual Arts(University College for Creative Arts, Farnham Campus)

  3. What does the AHDS do? (1) • Advises on the creation of digital data • AHDS Digitisation Workshops • Guides to good practice, information papers, workshops on particular issues, case studies, advice service over phone / email • Helps with technical aspects of applications to AHRC

  4. What does the AHDS do? (2) • Collects, preserves and distributes high-quality digital resources for research and teaching • Collections deposited by academics and by cultural heritage sector • These resources are free for educational and private use • Generally available online / available for downloading • Different mechanisms for different formats and subjects

  5. General AHDS Collections • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections • Searches through all AHDS collections • Historical datasets • Literary Texts • Collections of images • Archaeological Datasets

  6. General AHDS Collections • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections • Thematic strengths • Linguistic corpora • Old English Poetry and Prose • Commercial Italian • Medieval and Modern Chinese • Census Material • National and local data from 19th and 20th centuries

  7. General AHDS Collections • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections • Thematic strengths • Great Britain Historical Database • Mortality, Occupation, Trade Union, Housing • GIS of the Ancient Parishes of England and Wales, 1500-1850 • Boundary information on early modern period

  8. General AHDS Collections • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections • Thematic strengths • Linguistic corpus • Census Material • Great Britain Historical Database • Textual material can require registration with AHDS; historical material with UK Data Archive • Registration for UK Data Archive to be simplified in Summer 2006 • Generally available for download

  9. General AHDS Collections • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections • Serendipitous strengths • Collections are driven by what depositors are researching and creating • Thus collections, especially in history and text, can be particular in nature

  10. General AHDS Collections • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections • Serendipitous strengths • Ptolemy's Geographia : Books I & II • Genevan Sex Crimes Database, c.1440-c.1790 • Executions in the United States, 1608-1987 • Scottish Emigration Database, 1923 • Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832: Transcripts of Original Manuscripts

  11. Visual Arts Collections • http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk/ • Over 60,000 images collections from universities and cultural heritage sector • Wide array of possible fields: Art History, Fashion, Design, Crafts (e.g. ceramics, textiles), Contemporary Art, Architecture, Posters, Magazines • Browsing, searching, Lightbox, Content-based image retrieval. All online.

  12. Visual Arts Collections • http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk/ • The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland • Design Council Archive: Designing Britain • National Fine Art Collection (fineart.ac.uk) • Public Monuments and Sculpture Association • Imperial War Museum • Concise Art Collection • Posters of Conflict

  13. Visual Arts Collections • The Learning Index • http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk/learning • 13 learning and teaching modules using the images • Exhibiting Britain • Art for Social Spaces • Calligraphy: an education in letter form • Oral testimony and the interpretation of the crafts

  14. Archaeology Collections • http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue • Over 1m records related to sites and monuments in UK and abroad • Contemporary and historic maps provided • Uses: Not only archaeology but also Geography, History, Tourism, Urban Planning, Holidays • All available online

  15. Archaeology Collections • http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue • Datasets related to particular research also available • Royal Opera House Excavations • Channel Tunnel Rail Link • Christ Church, Spitalfields: investigations of the burial crypt 1984-1986 • Defence of Britain database

  16. Performing Arts Collections • http://performingarts.ahds.ac.uk /collections/ • Generally available online – but like history collections more research focussed • Designing Shakespeare • 40 years of performance at London and Stratford • Images from plays, cast lists, director interviews, programme notes • Online interface

  17. AHDS Collections • Wide range of materials, delivered in different formats • Free for educational and private use • Registration required only for some historical and textual items • Continual process of adding collections and refining interface • http://ahds.ac.uk/collections/ • This PowerPoint available at http://ahds.ac.uk/collections/about.htm

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