archives hub introduction 2013
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An introduction to the Archives Hub and information about creating archival descriptions for the online enviroment.TRANSCRIPT
The Archives HubAn introduction
Contributor Workshop 2013
JISC-funded service based at Mimas,
The University of Manchester
In service since 2000
Over 27,000 collection descriptions
Over 230 repositories
Management and service team at
Manchester
Development team at Liverpool
Software: Cheshire for Archives
The Hub in a Nutshell
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
Key aim to be comprehensive!
The success of the Hub is a reflection of the
rich content available from Hub
contributors
Content and contributors
Higher/Further Education
Specialist repositories
Charities
Royal Institutions
Museums and Libraries
Business archives
Many small archives
Some local authorities
We encourage institutions to contact us
Current contributors
John Rylands Library, Manchester
Archives Hub homepage
Very flexible: collection-level through to
item-level
Software/searches effective with both
Complimentary approaches –
contributors can include summary and
detailed descriptions
Researchers ask for detail but also ask for
us to be comprehensive!
Nature of Hub content
Google Blog Twitter Key conferences and events ….better cataloguing means
better profile!
Profile
Archives Portal Europe (route to Europeana) Genesis: exploratory project to share data AIM25: collaboration to improve interoperability TNA: links from the NRA and discussions about mutually
beneficial activities UKAD: UK Archives Discovery Network Archives Wales Project Working with software providers, eg CALM/Adlib/KE/ICA
AtoM
Collaboration & Sharing
Local search/retrieve setup Very similar to the Hub interface A lightweight approach using the Hub API Template solution – minimal customisation of
design Hosted at Mimas – easy to maintain Hoping to go live early in 2014 Complex programming challenge!
Hub Micro Sites
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
Human and Machine Access…
EAD is XML for archives
We have EAD2002 (DTD)
Cheshire search engine searches and retrieves EAD
descriptions
EAD is ISAD(G) compliant
We use indexing standards and strongly encourage
contributors to add index terms
A bit about standards
Archives Hub Cataloguing &
Content
archiveshub.ac.uk/isadg
archiveshub.ac.uk/mandatoryfields
archiveshub.ac.uk/cataloguingtips
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
Persistent Identifiers
archiveshub.ac.uk/identifiers
Keywords and index termsKeyword search Subject search Subject browse
Hub takes your EAD descriptions and displays them using a stylesheet
We can modify the stylesheet to display different fields
EAD currently being revised (new version due 2015) so there may be some changes - but minimal disruption!
EAD Development
The Archives Hub
archiveshub.ac.uk/blogtwitter.com/archiveshub