Contributors' Workshop: Introduction to the Archives Hub 2010
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The Archives HubAn introduction
Contributor Workshops 2010
Archives Hub Workshop 2010
JISC-funded service based at Mimas,
The University of Manchester
In service since 2000
Over 23,000 collection descriptions
180 repositories
Management and service team at
Manchester
Development team at Liverpool
Cheshire software
Distributed system
The Hub in a Nutshell
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Strategic aim: build and enhance
content
Meeting the needs of the UK
research community
Meeting the needs of the wider
community
Archives for education and
research
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Content and contributors
The success of the Hub is a reflection of the rich content available from Hub contributors
Higher/Further Education
Consortium contributions
Institutions with a research agenda
Others on a case-by-case basis
We encourage institutions to contact
us
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Current contributors
John Rylands Library, Manchester
Originally funded for collection-level but
always multi-level
Software/searches effective with both
Complimentary approaches
Researchers ask for detail
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Collection or lower-level…?
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The browser provides a human user interface
Machine interfaces provide ways for
machines to interact with the data
Enables more exposure and flexible access
The Hub has:◦ SRU
◦ Z39.50
◦ OAI-PMH
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Machine oriented interfaces
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A bit about standards
EAD is XML for archives
We have EAD2002 (DTD)
Cheshire search engine searches and
retrieves EAD descriptions
EAD is ISAD(G) compliant
The Hub is distributed (Spokes)
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Hub Data Flow
UKAD: part of the UK Archives Discovery Network
Genesis: exploratory project to share data
AIM25: collaboration to improve interoperability
TNA: plans to create links from the NRA
Copac: have links from the Hub to Copac records
CALM/Adlib
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Collaboration & Sharing
Open data Standards Name authorities Reduction of cataloguing backlogs Retro-conversion of hard-copy catalogues Access to digitized and digital archives Collaboration to promote archives discovery
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UKAD Network aims:
Hub hosts data
Genesis searches the Hub using SRU
Works by using ‘women’ as an index term
Benefit of one store of data with different access
options.
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Pilot project for SRU: Genesis portal for Women’s Studies
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National Archive Network
All Hub descriptions have their own identifiers – a
unique reference
Gives them their own web address
Enables bookmarking of content
Facilitates linking, e.g. from NRA
Enables exposure to Google
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Persistent Identifiers
Understanding our users
Encouraging item-level descriptions
Encouraging images/links to content
Changes in technology
Perceptions of relevancy
Understanding Impact
Sustainability
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Challenges
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Increasing content and contributors
Working on basic Hub operations – search speeds
and relevancy
More engagement with users
Exploring user generated content
Continuing to be standards-based, open and
interoperable
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Moving Forward