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The '''Arts and Humanities Data Service''' ('''AHDS''') is 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]].
Organized via a Managing Executive at [[King's College London]] and five AHDS Centres, hosted by various UK Higher Education Institutions, the AHDS is currently funded 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).
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 College 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
**[http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm Designing Shakespeare] — 40 years of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearian]] performance in [[London]] and [[Stratford]]
==External links==
*[http://ahds.ac.uk/ Official website]
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