***Apologies for cross posting***
MIMAS is pleased to announce the launch, on the 13th March, of the Archives
Hub.
This new service provides free access to information about the archives
available in the UK’s universities and colleges. It is available via a web
interface at http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk and uses international standards
for the description of archives (ISAD(G)); their format (EAD) and their
retrieval (Z39.50). With other similar initiatives the Archives Hub will
form part of the newly-emerging National Archive Network.
The Archives Hub will initially hold data at collection level but is
technically capable of dealing with multi-level descriptions which allow
researchers to explore collections down to the level of individual items. By
2003 the Hub should provide access to over 25,000 collection level records.
The service, which has been developed by a team at the University of
Liverpool, is funded by JISC. It is delivered and managed by MIMAS at the
University of Manchester on behalf of the Consortium of Research Libraries
(CURL).
Further information can be found on the Archives Hub website or via the
contact details below,
Regards,
Michelle Bell
Archives Hub User Support Officer
MIMAS, Manchester Computing,
The University Of Manchester,
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.
Tel: 0161 2756789
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk
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