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AHDS Timeline - 1996 to 2006

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AHDS Timeline

  • 1994 - Feasibility Study on an arts and humanities data service
  • 1996 - AHDS Established
  • 1996 - New Service Providers
  • 1998 - AHDS Gateway Established
  • 1998 - AHRB begins funding AHDS
  • 1999 - First Guides to Good Practice
  • 2000 - Sheila Anderson begins as Director
  • 2001 - AHDS Digitisation Workshops begin
  • 2003 - New Preservation Infrastructure for the AHDS
  • 2003 - New website and re-branding
  • 2003 - New version of AHDS cross-search catalogue
  • 2006 - Opening of E-Science Support Centre
  • 2006 - Ten Years Anniversary
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    Notable Resources

  • Stone in Archaeology
  • Imperial War Museum - Posters of Conflict
  • Designing Shakespeare
  • Great Britain Historical Database
  • The York-Helsinki parsed corpus of Old English poetry
  • Notable Publications

  • Discovering Online Resources
  • Strategies for Digital Data
  • Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts
  • Newham Museum Archaeological Service Case Study
  • Feasibility and Requirements Study on Preservation of E-Prints
  • New Media Tools
  • The Digital Picture
  • Digital Repositories Review
  • A Place in History
  • Notable Projects

  • Online Historical Population Reports
  • OASIS: Online AccesS to the Index of archaeological investigationS)
  • ICT Guides
  • The Fine Art Project
  • An Investigation into Free eBooks
  • SHERPA DP (Digital Preservation)
  • AHDS Alumni (as of June 2006)

    Person AHDS Role Current Role
    Alicia Wise ADS Data Coordinator Chief Executive of the Publishers Licensing Society
    Michael Popham Head, Oxford Text Archive Head of Oxford Digital Library, Oxford University
    Dan Greenstein Director, AHDS University Librarian, California Digital Library
    Neil Beagrie Collections and Standards Officer JISC / British Library Partnership Manager
    Philip Pothen Communications Officer JISC Communications Manager
    Chris Pressler Technical Services Manager Dean of Information and Learning, Dartington College of Arts
    Paul Miller Collections Manager, ADS Technology Evangelist, Talis
    William Kilbride Assistant Director, ADS Head of Research, Glasgow Museum Service
    Phill Purdy Head of Service, VADS People's Network Service Development Officer, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
    Cressida Chappell Head of Service, History Data Service Academic Registrar, St Catherine's College Oxford
    Astrid Wissenberg AHDS Information Officer ESRC Director of Communications and Information
    Jan Broadway AHDS Information Officer Technical Director, Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary University of London
    Jennifer Trant AHDS Collections and Standards Development Partner, Archives & Museum Informatics