Home Introduction A: An Introduction to Historic Environment Records B: How do you manage an Historic Environment Record? C: Recording Practice Guidelines D: How do you compile, maintain and enhance an HER?
E: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), mapping and spatial data F: Access to the HER G: Glossary and list of abbreviations H: Bibliography I: Useful websites J: Useful addresses

 

I Useful websites

 

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I.1 National organisations

Archaeology Data Service http://ads.ahds.ac.uk

Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers http://www.algao.org.uk

Audit Commission http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk

Best value http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1137624

CPA  http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/cpa/

Council for British Archaeology http://www.britarch.ac.uk

Council for Scottish Archaeology http://www.scottisharchaeology.org.uk/

Dept for Communities and Local Government  http://www.communities.gov.uk/

Dept for Culture, Media and Sport http://www.culture.gov.uk/

Scottish Executive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/

Welsh Assembly Government http://www.wales.gov.uk/

English Heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

Historic Scotland http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

Cadw http:// www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/

Heirnet consultancy http://www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET     http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/heirnet/index.cfm

Heritage Lottery Fund http://www.hlf.org.uk

Local Government Association http://www.lga.gov.uk

Welsh Local Government Association http:// www.wlga.gov.uk/

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA): http:// www.cosla.gov.uk/

Museums Association http://www.museumsassociation.org

mda website http://www.mda.org.uk

National Monuments Record http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

National Monuments Record of Scotland http://www.rcahms.gov.uk

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales       http://www.rcahmw.org.uk

 

 

I.2 Training and professional development

ADS Guide to Good Practice for Excavation and Fieldwork Archives http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/excavation

ADS: training in IT for archaeologists http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/userinfo/training.html

The Archaeology Training Forum http://www.britarch.ac.uk/training/atf.html

The Campaign for Learning http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk

CBA Briefing: training courses, etc http:// www.britarch.ac.uk/briefing/briefing.html

CBA Briefing: training courses, etc: http://www.britarch.ac.uk/briefing/courses.htm l

Creative and Cultural Skills http://www.ccskills.org.uk/

Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation http://www.chnto.co.uk (Please note that the CHNTO no longer exists as an organization but its web site archive is still accessible)

Data Standards Unit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.8331

 

exeGesIS SDM Ltd: http://www.esdm.co.uk/training.asp

Harvard Business School http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu

HELM: Information and training to help decision makers http://www.helm.org.uk

 

IFA: training and career development http://www.archaeologists.net http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/content/index.php?page=41

IFA CPD page http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/icontent/index.php?page=20 

Improvement and Development Agency http://www.idea.gov.uk/

Investors in People: http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/IIP/Web/default.htm

Investors in People UK http://www.iipuk.co.uk

National occupational standards in Archaeological Practice http://www.torc.org.uk/nos/index.asp

Learning and skills council http://www.lsc.gov.uk/

Profiling the profession http://www.britarch.ac.uk/training/profile.html

Training in Professional Archaeology: http://www.britarch.ac.uk/training/survey.html

TUC Learning Services: http://www.unionlearn.org.uk/

Union Learning Fund: http://www.unionlearningfund.org.uk/

 

 

I.3 Information technology and the World Wide Web

 

Anti-virus (general information): http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-005.html

 

Brief history of the internet http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml

The CD Information Center http://cd-info.com

Data recovery example http://www.ontrack.co.uk

Firewalls http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci212125,00.html

GFS Back-up Strategy    http://www.intel.com/support/storageexpress/sb/cs-011789.htm

HEIRPORT: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/cfm/heirport2/ 

Intranets http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci212377,00.html

 

IT security warning service:  http://www.itsafe.gov.uk/

 

McAfee (virus protection software) http://www.mcafee.com/uk/

MessageLabs (secure content management services) http://www.messagelabs.com/home/

PKZIP http://www.pkware.com

Proxy servers http://searchsmallbizit.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci212840,00.html

Site design: RNIB: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/Code/public_rnib003460.hcsp

Symantec ('Antivirus Research Center') http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html

Web Accessibility initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI

Web Portals http://www.w3.org/2002/07/DIAT/posn/sun-portal.html

What is FTP http://www.ftpplanet.com/ftpresources/basics.htm and  http://kb.iu.edu/data/aerg.html

WinZip http://www.winzip.com/winzip.html

World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium            http://www.w3.org/WWW

Z39.50 for all: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue21/z3950/intro.html

 

 

I.4 Data standards

ADS guides to good practice; http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/g2gp.html

ARENA http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/arena/

ASPIRE http://www.aspire-resource.info

CIDOC www.cidoc.icom.org/

Dublin Core http://dublincore.org/

e-GIF (e-Government Interoperability Framework) standards http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/datastandards.asp

e-gov: http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/schemasstandards.asp

FISH http://www.fish-forum.info/

FISH Interoperability Toolkit www.heritage-standards.org

Getty Vocabulary program  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/

HER Forum www.jiscmail.ac.uk/herforum

INSCRIPTION http://www.fish-forum.info/inscript.htm

Metadata  http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/  e-Gov   http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/metadata_document.asp?docnum=872

MIDAS http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/FISH/web_midasintro.htm and http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/midas

National Monuments Record Thesaurus http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.8331

OASIS  http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/oasis/

Open Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Open-scotland

UK GEMINI      http://www.gigateway.org.uk/metadata/pdf/UK_GEMINI_v1.pdf

UNESCO thesaurus  http://www2.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/

XML  http://www.w3.org/XML/

XML UK: the United Kingdom Forum for Structured Information Standards  http://www.xmluk.org/

Z39.50 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue21/z3950/  http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/dlis/z3950/ 

 

 

I.5 GIS

ADS GIS Guide to Good Practice http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis

AHDS metadata advice: http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/information-papers/metadata/index.htm

Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council http://www.anzlic.org.au

Getmapping® http://getmapping.com  or http://getmapping.co.uk s

Ordnance Survey:PAI programme: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/pai/

GiGateway website (formerly NGDF)  http://www.gigateway.org.uk/default.html

Gigateway metadata standards http://www.gigateway.org.uk/metadata/standards.html.

IGGI website    http://www.iggi.gov.uk/welcome.php

MIDAS mapped data: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/MIDASMappedData.pdf

Z39.50 http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/z3950/z3950.html

 

 

I.6 Disaster control plans

Disaster control-plan template           http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/m25dcp/

Disaster Management Planning for Archaeological Archives IFA/AAF.  http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/icontent/inPages/docs/pubs/paper8.pdf

Newcastle University Library  http://www.ncl.ac.uk/bindery

 

 

I.7 Regional organisations and HERs

ADSonline catalogue ArchSearch http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue

Birmingham Archaeology Service http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archaeology

Cheshire SMR Archaeology home page: http://www2.cheshire.gov.uk/Archaeology/
SMRonline: http://www2.cheshire.gov.uk/Archaeology/RCP/RevealingCheshiresPast.htm

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust http://www.cpat.org.uk

Hampshire http://www.hants.gov.uk/environment/historic-environment/ahbrecord.html

Heritage Gateway (contact details for English HERs): http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/CHR/

 

Humber Archaeology Partnership http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52904&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Shropshire archaeology service  http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archaeology.nsf
SMR: http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/sustainability.nsf/open/941BC7CCEA02C7958025708800304F7C

Suffolk Archaeology Service http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/SuffolkCountyCouncilDirectorates/EnvironmentAndTransport/EnvironmentServicesDivision/ArchaeologyService.htm

West Yorkshire Archaeology Service http://www.archaeology.wyjs.org.uk/

Winchester SMR http://www.winchester.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SitesAndMonuments/General.asp?id=SX9452-A781BD18&cat=8189

Worcestershire Archaeology Service http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/archaeology/homepage.htm

York City archaeology: http://www.york.gov.uk/planning/arch/
HER  http://www.york.gov.uk/planning/arch/her.html

 

 

I.8 Thematic recording projects

Airfield Research Group http://www.airfield-research-group.co.uk/

Archaeological Investigations Project http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/aip/aipintro.htm

Association for Industrial Archaeology  http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk/

The Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics   http://www.asprom.org

British Sundial Society http://www.sundials.co.uk

Communications Heritage Forum http://www.egroups.com/list/chf

Corpus of Roman Mosaics http://www.asprom.org

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/

Defence of Britain Project http://www.britarch.ac.uk/projects/dob

The Folly Fellowship http://www.heritage.co.uk/follies/ffdcp.html

Garden History Society http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/index.html

Historical Metallurgy Society http://hist-met.org

Images of England Project http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk

National Inventory of War Memorials http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00g00c

National Piers Society http://www.piers.co.uk

Portable Antiquities Scheme http://www.finds.org.uk

Public Monuments & Sculpture Assn http://www.pmsa.org.uk/

Survey of the Jewish Built Heritage  http://www.jewish-heritage-uk.org/

Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society http://www.tilesoc.org.uk/

UK Database for Historic Parks and Gardens  http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/database/index.htm

Details of these and other projects can be found on the HEIRNET register.  http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/heirnet/index.cfm  

 

 

I.9 Storage and digital archiving

ADS Guide to Good Practice for Excavation and Fieldwork Archives http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/excavation

Museums Association    http://www.museumsassociation.org/

MLA - Museums Libraries and Archives Council http://www.museums.gov.uk

MGC: publications http://www.mla.gov.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=73&Document/@id=24844&Section[@stateId_eq_left_hand_root]/@id=4386

Museum Net (products & services) http://www.museums.co.uk/products/default.asp

RCAHMS digital archives guidelines

 

I.10 Access to information

 

I.10.1 Equality

Campaign for Clear English http://www.plainenglish.co.uk

Equal Opportunities Commission www.eoc.org.uk

Commission for Racial Equality http://www.cre.gov.uk/

Disability Rights Commission www.drc.org.uk

Disability Discrimination Act www.disability.gov.uk   redirects to direct.gov pages http://www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/fs/en   for DDA see http://www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/YourRights/YourRightsArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4001068&chk=eazXEG

Language Line (Telephone Translation Service)www.languageline.co.uk

RNID Typetalk service for those using ‘text’ phones (or Minicom)  http://www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/communicating_better/typetalk/

http://www.typetalk.org/

Royal National Institute for the Blind www.rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institute for the Deaf www.rnid.org.uk

 

I.10.2 Copyright

Deposit license:  http://www.ahds.ac.uk/archaeology/depositing/index.htm

Copyright scenarios  http://www.bl.uk/services/information/copyrightfaq.html

Tracking copyright holders  http://www.booktrust.org.uk/about/faqs.php

 

I.10.3 Freedom of Information

Information Commissioner’s Office  http://www.ico.gov.uk/

Scottish Information Commissioner   http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/ 

Differences between the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations

http://lawzone.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=112586

 

I.10.4 Education

Accessing Scotland’s Past www.accessingscotlandspast.org.uk.  

Inspiring Learning for All www.inspiringlearningforall.gov.uk

Learning and Teaching Scotland  http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/

National Curriculum http://www.nc.uk.net/ 

People’s Network http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/

Scottish Museums Council http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk/ 

 

I.10.5 Information gateways/portals

ArchSearch http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/

Heritage Gateway www.heritagegateway.org.uk

NMRS Canmore  www.rcahms.gov.uk

Pastmap  http://www.pastmap.org

Extended National Database for Wales  http://www.rcahmw.org.uk/nmrw/extdbs.shtml

 

I.10.6 National databases

ArchSearch  http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/collections.cfm

British & Irish archaeological bibliography http://www.biab.ac.uk

Images of England (http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

CARN http://www.rcahmw.org.uk/data/carn.shtml

COFLEIN  http://www.coflein.gov.uk/

CUCAP)(http://venus.uflm.cam.ac.uk/

The Extended National Database for Wales (END). http://www.rcahmw.org.uk/nmrw/extdbs.shtml

Great Britain Historical GIS Project  http://hds.essex.ac.uk/gbh.asp 

HLC Wales Publication of Historic Landscapes http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/upload/resourcepool/Historic%20Landscapes9277.pdf

LB Online http://lbonline.english-heritage.org.uk/

MAGIC http://www.magic.gov.uk

NMR England http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

Pastmap http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/PASTMAP/start.jsp

PastScape http://www.pastscape.org/homepage

RCAHMS HLA http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/HLA/start.jsp

Wales Historic Landscapes Register; http://www.ccw.gov.uk/Generalinfo/index.cfm?Action=ResourceMore&ResourceID=65&Subject=Landscape

Scotland historical maps available online on the National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/index.html.

Scottish Palaeoenvironmental archive http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/~spsi/gistrans/spainfo.htm

SCRAN http://www.scran.ac.uk/

 

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