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Hi Keith, You should bear in mind that not every HER sits in a town or city with a university library with a half decent archaeological collection. Leicester, where I work now does. Where I used to work, in Stafford, the nearest set of national journals was at Birmingham Uni. c.25 miles away. Chris >>> "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> 29/09/2008 11:21 >>> Hi Nick, A reply to your reply. As regards "...the main issue is access - we don't have the funds to buy the journals so students with library cards and e journal access would be good." I'd recommend that you get a free Inspire pass, which can be obtained through your local library with reference only access to specialist, e. g. university, libraries. See http://www.inspire2.org.uk/ which gives details of the scheme and the libraries in the scheme. I've had no problem with it at Durham and Newcastle Universities, the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, for things I've not been able to borrow or see at The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and other local libraries. Hope that helps, Keith ----Original Message---- From: [log in to unmask] Date: 29/09/2008 9:37 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subj: Re: National Journals and HER Research We don't routinely do this, but have been considering it as a part of the HER backlog. I like Graham's idea of using students to do it, as the main issue is access - we don't have the funds to buy the journals so students with library cards and e journal access would be good Its only a medium/low priority as I would hope that new sites in our patch would be found out about by us through the more local journals and other sources (but that may be naively optimistic...), and trawling national journals this would mainly be about adding extra sources to known sites. That is useful for more remote inquirers (they have more options to try and track down from afar, before having to come to the HER physically), but not critical in itself A question back to Martin would be, I thought the NMR used to do this? Do they still? If the NMR did, but stopped, it would be useful to know which Journals they trawled and for which dates, so HER's could concentrate on those not already looked at. best wishes Nick Boldrini Historic Environment Record Officer Heritage and Environment Section Development and Countryside Service Business & Environmental Services Directorate North Yorkshire County Council County Hall Northallerton DL7 8AH Direct Dial: 01609 532331 Contact Centre: 08458 727374 Office Fax: 01609 532558 Conserving North Yorkshire's heritage - encouraging sustainable access www.northyorks.gov.uk/her This email is personal. It is not authorised by or sent on behalf of North Yorkshire County Council, however, the Council has the right and does inspect emails sent from and to its computer system. This email is the sole responsibility of the sender >>> "NEWMAN, Martin" <[log in to unmask]> 26/09/2008 09:29 >>> A query came up as to whether HERs regularly trawl through national journals (e.g. Journal of Roman Studies, Vernacular Architecture, Industrial Archaeology Review etc) for sites and research relevant to their geographical area. I was wondering whether list members had a view on the usefulness and priority level this type of type of research. Regards Martin WARNING This E-mail and any attachments may contain information that is confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the view of the Council. North Yorkshire County Council. Get your dream job - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/jobs ________________________________________________