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BArchive Networking Achievements to Date76a2aThe Access to Archives programme, co-ordinated byThe National Archives. The database now contains morethan 6 million catalogue entries describing archives heldin 340 record offices, libraries and other repositoriesthroughout England.www.a2a.org.ukThe Guardian NewsroomArchives HubA national gateway to descriptions of archives in UKuniversities and colleges, funded by the Joint InformationSystems Committee.www.archiveshub.ac.ukArchives Network WalesA project to create a web resource to allow easy searchingof the collections of documents held by record offices,universities, museums and libraries in Wales, co-ordinatedby the Archives Council Wales and the National Libraryof Wales, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.www.archivesnetworkwales.info/anwARCHONARCHON is an online information gateway for archivists inthe UK and users of manuscript sources for British history.It is hosted and maintained by The National Archives(HMC). The ARCHON Directory includes contact detailsfor record repositories in the United Kingdom and also forinstitutions elsewhere in the world which have substantialcollections of manuscripts noted under the indexes to theNational Register of Archives. The ARCHON Portal is areference point for information about archival resourcesand projects that are planned, ongoing or completed.A wide range of initiatives are covered such as the nationalarchive network, online finding aids, standards for archivalcare and description, preservation and conservation andsurveying and mapping collections.www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archonCommanetCommunity archives are collections of still and videoimages, text and oral narratives that have been capturedusing specially developed comma software and basic ITequipment. They are fully searchable databases thatserve as a record of communities’ cultural heritage and
Archive Networking Achievements to Dateare published as local CD-ROMs and on the internet.Commanet is a charity that promotes and supportscommunity archives through advice and training, sellsthe comma software, promotes community archiveson its website and co-ordinates projects across the UKand worldwide.www.commanet.org.ukCulture OnlineCulture Online is an initiative to increase access to, andparticipation in, arts and culture. It brings together culturalorganisations with cutting-edge technical providers tocreate projects that will delight adults and children of allages and backgrounds. Examples of Culture Onlineprojects involving archival resource include Stagework,which brings together information about UK performingarts collections and institutions and Headline History,a series of virtual newspapers from specific periods inhistory, from the Roman Gazette to the Victorian Times,to match areas of the National Curriculum.www.cultureonline.gov.ukeCATNIThe Public Record Office of Northern Ireland ElectronicCatalogue for Northern Ireland Project, funded from theService Modernisation budget of the Northern IrelandExecutive Programme Fund. The project aims to create acomprehensive and accurate set of electronic informationavailable to the public, on-site and via the Internet.Enrich UKThe gateway to a lottery-funded collection of 150 sitessupported by the New Opportunities Fund. The collectionranges across culture, history, social and economicdevelopment, science and art as well as offering regionaland national ‘sense of place’ websites from England,Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.www.enrichuk.netHEIRNETThe Historic environment Information Resources networkwas formed by a group of organisations with an interest ininformation relating to archaeology and the historicenvironment. HEIRNET enables access to HistoricEnvironment Information Resources for conservation,research, learning and general interest.www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET/index.htmlLearning CurveThe National Archives’ Learning Curve is an onlineteaching resource, structured to tie in with the HistoryNational Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. The LearningCurve contains a varied range of original sources includingdocuments, photographs, and film and sound recordings.www.learningcurve.pro.gov.ukLinking ArmsThe pan-archives Linking Arms Initiative (co-ordinatedby The National Archives and the National Council onArchives) has three components: technical, to enableinteroperability between all strands of the UK on-linearchives and websites established by community groups;community based, developing links with communitygroups of all kinds, and content based as indicated by userand impact studies. Linking Arms will bring togetherofficial and unofficial archives, private and communityarchives, including for example videos, digital and soundrecording and film footage. It will also invite people tocontribute their own history – or that of their family orcommunity – to that ever-growing documentary heritageof our lives and to the ever-evolving national archive.Additionally, access to digitized documents will enablepeople to search, find and keep documents of theirown heritage.NDADThe National Digital archive of Datasets is part ofThe National Archives and is based at the University ofLondon Computing Centre. It preserves and providesonline access to archived digital data and documents fromUK central government departments.www.ndad.ulcc.ac.ukNRAThe National Register of Archives. These electronicindexes, maintained by The National Archives, givesummary descriptions of the major archives in the UK andelsewhere known to be of importance to British history(excluding records of government).www.hmc.gov.uk/nra77
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