The Archaeology Data Service: funding a sustainable future

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The Archaeology Data Service funding a
sustainable future

• Who we are and what we do
• Digital preservation in UK archaeology
• Current funding and our charging policy
• A sustainable future?

Catherine Hardman Collections Development
Manager csh3_at_york.ac.uk
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To support research, learning and teaching with
high quality and dependable digital resources.
The archaeological record could be decaying
faster in its digital form than it ever did in
the ground
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That means five things

• Digital Preservation
• Access to data via the Internet
• Guides to Good Practice
• Teaching and Learning resources
• Technical advisory service to grant applicants
  and grant-giving agencies

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Digital Preservation
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Open Archival Information Systems (OAIS)
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Picture from DLib
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How do we cost our projects?

• Charges based on four areas of work
• Management and Administration
• Ingest
• Dissemination
• Storage and Refreshment

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Ingest Charges
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Dissemination simple downloads
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Dissemination complex interface
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Storage and Refreshment costs
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Storage - example
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Charging community categories
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A sustainable future?

• How long is perpetuity?
• Preservation legacy
• Problems of project funding
• Use it or lose it!