I take a very similar approach to Rachel. HER enquiries always come first, not least because commercial enquiries generate essential income! I also try to edit
known problem records before sending them out, again this is an ad-hoc process but at least I can be confident about the data I’m supplying.
The beauty of option 3 is that I will still be able to do this sort of ad-hoc HER enhancement/reconciliation for all but the largest searches or for priority
service requests, as well as taking a more systematic approach.
Regards,
Julia
Julia Wise
Historic Environment Record Officer
Buckinghamshire County Council
Tel: 01296 382072
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On the balance between responding to data requests and maintaining the data - responding to requests always takes priority. If we don't do that there's no point in us
being here. I dislike sending out data which I know has problems or gaps, and one strategy I use is to try and check and update the records for the area of each search as they come in. This results in incremental and rather random enhancement, but it's better
than nothing!
Despite lack of resources, I would be much more motivated to incorporate NRHE data into the HER than I am to do anything with SHINE records (although that started well
before my time in this post) because it directly enhances the HER.
Rachel
Rachel Grahame
Archaeologist (HER)
Tees Archaeology, Sir William Gray House, Clarence Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8BT
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Sent: 20 November 2014 11:18
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Dear all,
Over the course of the conference many of you have raise the issue of resources to undertake a reconciliation exercise. Lucie, Vanessa, Rachel and Liz have all made useful
points about how long it would take to reconcile the data and the lack of time available to do this for a number of HERs. This is not new - as Ben has pointed out the SHINE project faced these problems also.
Crispin has put forward one idea of trying to resolve the lack of time/resources available to some HERs. However, at the risk of taking the discussion off on a slight but relevant
tangent (apologies!), I wonder how HERs are tackling the issue of a balance between responding to data requests/providing planning advice etc with actually maintaining the data. I appreciate many of you don't feel you are not striking the balance you want
but any methods you use might be useful for other HERs to know and could help identify what works and what doesn't going forward.
Just a thought!
all the best
Sarah
Sarah MacLean
Heritage Information Partnerships Supervisor
English Heritage
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Sent: 20 November 2014 11:01
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I agree with Rachel, and I think this needs to be recognised that reconciliation of records will be a long-term project/task for many HERs.
Liz
Liz Williams
Heritage and HER Officer
Conservation Team, Development Services
Planning, Economy & Housing Directorate, Northumberland County Council
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Sent: 20 November 2014 10:49
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I think for us, a relatively small service with a bespoke HER, option 3 would be the only viable option. I would much rather clean the data as it went into the HER, rather
than dump it in then go through cleaning it. This would have the advantage of letting me update our records as I went along, creating one 'good' record rather than having a potentially 'bad' out of date record with a duplicate NRHE record sitting alongside
it. I would rate the accuracy of option 3 more highly than the efficiency of options 1 and 2.
But as others have pointed out, where I would find the time might be a problem!
Rachel
Rachel Grahame
Archaeologist (HER)
Tees Archaeology, Sir William Gray House, Clarence Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8BT
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Subject: [HERFORUM] E Conference Day 4 - If this goes ahead, What is the most efficient method?
Hi folks
Thanks for all the contributions yesterday. Today’s focus for discussion is this - If this goes ahead, What is the most efficient method?
So here is a post to get things going
If it is decided to go ahead with the download of data from the NRHE to HER’s, there then needs to be a mechanism to match records, and get into the HER any additional information from the NRHE – whether for
partial records or completely new records.
Three main options have been suggested – summarised below.
1)
Full import
2)
Supervised Import
3)
Manual Accessioning
1)
Full import
In this method some basic matching of records can be carried out using eg NMR numbers recorded in the HER or HER numbers recorded in the NRHE. The data for the HER area is sent to the HER in an agreed
format. A widget is then used which extracts the data from the NRHE format and imports it into the HER.
Some Pros –quick transfer time (done in one go); all data is accounted for (everything is imported)
Some Cons – the data will be dirty and post import cleaning will be needed; there will likely be created many duplicate records; there would need to be a number of import widgets made for HBSMR plus each
bespoke HER; tracking of progress would be difficult
2)
Supervised Import
This is similar to method 1, except that there is more flexibility in the import process. There may also be more tools to help try and match up records based on certain criteria. The key difference is
that as part of the import process the HER Officer will have to make decisions about data, possibly in batches. So they could look at a number of records tag them to import, or to wait further work, and then every so often they could press import for the records
agreed.
Some Pros – still relatively quick transfer time (in batches); data matching means more able to control/limit duplication of records
Some Cons – still post import cleaning needed; there would need to be a number of import widgets made for HBSMR plus each bespoke HER, and these would be more complex to design; tracking of progress would
be difficult
3)
Manual Accessioning
The NRHE data is published on line. HERs visit the relevant website and manually match records between the HER and NRHE. Relevant data is copied and pasted from the NRHE to the HER. As this is done the
NRHE record is “ticked off” and is no longer displayed on the website.
Some Pros – Much more control of data transfer, limiting duplication; records are cleaned as you go; easier to track progress; only one ICT solution needed – the website – which is platform independent
Some Cons – Slower transfer time; more possibility of data not being transferred due to HERO decisions
Are there other options for the transfer of data? Which method would you favour? Are there other pros and cons not considered?
Best wishes
Crispin Flower & Nick Boldrini
Exegesis/HBSMR Durham County Council/Bespoke HER Users Group
best wishes
Nick Boldrini
Historic Environment Record Officer
Archaeology Section
Design and Historic Environment Team
Planning Service
Regeneration and Economic Development
Durham County Council
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Durham
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