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{{Short description|UK digital collection organization}}
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The '''Arts and Humanities Data Service''' ('''AHDS''') was a [[United Kingdom]] national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the [[arts]] and [[humanities]]. It was established in 1996 and ceased operation in 2008 (although the website and related digital collections are still accessible).
Organised via a Managing Executive at [[King's College London]] and five AHDS Centres, hosted by various UK Higher Education Institutions, the AHDS was funded until the end of March 2008 by the [[Joint Information Systems Committee]] and the [[Arts and Humanities Research Council]] (AHRC).
However, in March 2007 the AHRC decided to cease funding for the AHDS beyond March 2008. As a result, the AHDS is now advising AHRC applicants to ensure their projects include a budget for the costs of preservation and sustainability (whether with the AHDS or another service).
Following the demise of AHDS, and the cessation of the Methods Network, the Centre for e-Research (CeRch) was established at [[King's College London]] in 2008. The Centre's aims are to facilitate interdisciplinary, institutional, national and international collaboration.
The five subject-based AHDS Centres are:
*[[AHDS Archaeology]] — [[University of York]]
*AHDS History — [[University of Essex]]
*AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics — [[Oxford University]]
*AHDS Performing Arts — [[Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute|HATII]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]
*[[AHDS Visual Arts]] — [[University for the Creative Arts]] (Farnham campus)
Specific areas of work that the Arts and Humanities Data Service covers include:
*[[digital preservation]] — including a series of [http://ahds.ac.uk/preservation/ahds-preservation-documents.htm preservation handbooks] detailing specific preservation issues with various digital file formats and information on its [http://ahds.ac.uk/preservation/repository.htm digital repository]
*Advice on [[digitization]] — including a series of [http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/case-studies/ case studies] of existing digitization projects, [http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/information-papers/ information papers] on specific issues in digitization, and longer [http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/guides Guides to Good Practice] dealing with digitization topics in particular arts and humanities disciplines
*Online collections created by universities and museums in the UK. These include:
**[http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ An online catalogue] with details of collections held within the archive
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20130622173908/http://www.ahds.rhul.ac.uk/ahdscollections/ Designing Shakespeare] — 40 years of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearian]] performance in [[London]] and [[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]]
**[http://stormont-papers.ahds.ac.uk/ The Stormont Papers] - Parliamentary debates from Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120716205617/http://www.ahds.ac.uk/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101125044331/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/cerch CeRch website]
[[Category:1996 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Arts in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Humanities organizations]]
[[Category:Jisc]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Digital humanities projects]]
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