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AHDS Visual Arts
University College for the
Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester
Falkner Road
Farnham, GU9 7DS

Tel: 01252 892 723
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Information Papers

AHDS Information Papers provide information on a range of issues relating to creating and preserving digital resources

General Papers

An Introduction to Creating a Digital Resource
Key issues in starting a digital project

Writing the AHRC Technical Appendix
Help for those seeking AHRC funding

Choosing an XML Editor
A review of the software available for editing XML

Risk Management and Contingency Planning
An introduction to risk management processes for both small and large digitisation projects

A life after the project - continuation and sustainability
Issues in ensuring a resource thrives once project funding ends

Developing a Website in the Arts and Humanities
An introduction to best practice for designing websites in the academic environment

From the AHDS Digitisation Workshop Series (2004,2005)
1. Planning and managing digital resource creation projects
How to organise a successful digitisation project
2. The Digitisation Process
Converting your material from analogue to digital
3. Metadata for your Digital Resource
How to record information about the data you have digitised.
4. Copyright and Other Rights Issues in Digitisation
An intro to those annoying copyright problems
5. Why bother with digitisation? Users and using digital resources
Catering for the actual people that will use your resource
6. The AHDS Paper Invitiation to Deposit also forms part of the AHDS Digitisation Workshop series

AHDS Visual Arts is part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS). Copyright 2003.