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2,000 years in the making, 2 weeks to record, 2 days to archive, too difficult to reference?

2,000 years in the making, 2 weeks to record, 2 days to archive, too difficult to reference?. How DataCite is unlocking the potential of archaeological datasets. Roadmap. The Archaeology Data Service Background Case Study DataCite Why? Archives Grey Literature. Introduction to the ADS.

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2,000 years in the making, 2 weeks to record, 2 days to archive, too difficult to reference?

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  1. 2,000 years in the making, 2 weeks to record,2 days to archive, too difficult to reference? How DataCite is unlocking the potential of archaeological datasets

  2. Roadmap • The Archaeology Data Service • Background • Case Study • DataCite • Why? • Archives • Grey Literature

  3. Introduction to the ADS • The Archaeology Data Service: • set up in 1996 • one of five AHDS subject centres • based within the University of York • Funding: • initially received funding from • Arts and Humanities Research Board (now AHRC) • Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) • Presently receives core funding from AHRC alongside a range of project-based funding.

  4. ADS Mission Statement: What we do • Our remit: • “To support research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources.” • In practice this means three key things: • That ADS collect and preserve datasets • That we allow full, easy and free access to these • And that we additionally provide guidance and support to data creators

  5. Why is long-term storage of digital data difficult? • Deterioration of the storage medium • Obsolescence of the storage medium • Failure to document the format adequately • Obsolescence of the software • Obsolescence of the hardware • Long-term management

  6. Case Study: The Newham Archive Archive: 6432 individual files 1500 excavation reports 700 database files 1200 geophysics files 200 separate projects approx. 150 excavations Lessons: Physical Media not the main problem Software problems (migration) Data to information (documentation) Plan for re-use Forward planning is much cheaper Preservation from the outset

  7. ADS Process Research Publish

  8. OAIS Accession Delivery preparation Release Interface Preservation Research Publish Delivery system Deep Storage Nearline backup Picture from DLib

  9. DataCite? • Familiarity within domain • Centralised resolution • Metadata • Discovery • API • Why? • Legacy resources • Granulatiry • Versioning • Embargoed Data • How?

  10. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/resource?id=wroxeter_eh_2013 -> http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1017083

  11. DataCite Workflow

  12. CMS

  13. CMS

  14. OASIS/Grey Lit Library OASIS: Online AccesS to the Index of archaeological investigationS

  15. OASIS OASIS: Online AccesS to the Index of archaeological investigationS • On-line form • Used by all fieldworkers • Records event level data • Data accessible by HERs & NMRs • Upload of ‘Grey Literature’ • Record acts as metadata for report

  16. Grey Lit Library

  17. Grey Lit Library

  18. DataCite Workflow

  19. Thank You Follow us on Twitter: @ADS_Update @ADS_Chatter Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/archaeology.data.service http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

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