Nick also commented
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there needs to be a MIDAS, helpline' type affair (even if it is not done by
phone). If we are encouraging amateurs/non-professional/avocational (pick
your own term) archaeologists to use MIDAS, they are going to need guidance
in how you turn some of the generalities in MIDAS into a database.
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I think there needs to be one place to go to for advice which is made
obvious on the first page of the Manual itself. I think that would help
encourage take up.
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There would be a parallel for this in the museums world - the mda runs an
Advice Point service for those with questions about documenting museum
colections. I guess the issue would be: is our community large enough to
justify setting up something more formal than the current arrangements?
Edmund
English Heritage
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