Hello,
That is an interesting idea, Sharon, but I don't think a completely online resource would be as flexible as our offline HERs, with their abilities to do complicated queries etc. I could see something like HERMES working, where we still had offline HERs but contributed our data to an online 'thing', but I don't think I can see offline HERs disappearing altogether. Really, for in depth HER info, we still want people to come to us and ask for help, rather than using things like the Heritage Gateway. We understand the data better than people doing the queries, because we work with it every day. Fair enough if it's a simple 'what's around this grid reference' question, but for complicated research queries you do need to ask the HER... So I think reconciling with our existing HERs is the way forward rather than inventing something completely new.
I don't think an online resource would eliminate the variability in recording styles (HBSMR is fairly standard and we all do things differently, I dread to think how you'd sort that all out).
And lastly, I don't think there's a reason why EH/HE can't continue to contribute their research if we only have HERs to record non-designated data - can't they supply reports like everyone else? ;-)
Helen Wells
Historic Environment Record Officer
Leicestershire County Council
Planning, Historic & Natural Environment, Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leics, LE3 8RA
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sharon Clough
Sent: 19 November 2014 10:53
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Subject: Re: Day 2 is it a good idea?
Hi , sorry I was on leave yesterday and just caught up with the discussion.
I just want to throw in an alternative view point. What we all want is historic environment data made available to the public. So, why can't this be from a single access point, but contributed to regionally? I am thinking something similar to the PAS (portable antiquity scheme) model. One database accessible online. Each HER has a login and contributes/updates records for their defined area. EH/HE also has a login and can contribute the national projects/internal projects. The data can be backed up by EH/HE.
This then eliminates the variablilty in recording styles, makes all HER data available online and allows EH/HE to continue to contribute their research.
It would involve HER & NRHE data being reconciled with a single new database system.
Obviously, this still means there is the reconciliation issue...........
Views are my own,
Sharon
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