Online petition against the AHRC decision to stop funding
The Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) is a UK national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities. Typical services include providing advice on applications for funding, creating best practice guides to digitisation, and crucially, providing a safe repository for archiving digital scholarship. The AHRC has announced that it has decided to cease funding the AHDS from April 2008.
A petition has been put online requesting the Prime Minister to urge the AHRC to reconsider this decision. You must be a British citizen or resident to sign the petition.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/AHDSfunding/
Please feel free to pass the link round to any other interested parties.
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