The Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) was a United Kingdom national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities. It was established in 1996 and ceased operation in 2008 (although the website and related digital collections are still accessible). Organised via a Managing Executive at

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and five AHDS Centres, hosted by various UK Higher Education Institutions, the AHDS was funded until the end of March 2008 by the Joint Information Systems Committee and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). However, in March 2007 the AHRC decided to cease funding for the AHDS beyond March 2008. As a result, the AHDS is now advising AHRC applicants to ensure their projects include a budget for the costs of preservation and sustainability (whether with the AHDS or another service). Following the demise of AHDS, and the cessation of the Methods Network, the

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was established at

in 2008. The Centre's aims are to facilitate interdisciplinary, institutional, national and international collaboration. The five subject-based AHDS Centres are: *

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* AHDS History — University of Essex * AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics — Oxford University * AHDS Performing Arts — HATII at the University of Glasgow * AHDS Visual Arts — University for the Creative Arts (Farnham campus) Specific areas of work that the Arts and Humanities Data Service covers include: * digital preservation — including a series o
preservation handbooks
detailing specific preservation issues with various digital file formats and information on it

*Advice on

digitization DigitizationTech Target. (2011, April). Definition: digitization. ''WhatIs.com''. Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digitization is the process of converting information into a Digital data, digital (i ...

— including a series o
case studies
of existing digitization projects
information papers
on specific issues in digitization, and longe
Guides to Good Practice
dealing with digitization topics in particular arts and humanities disciplines *Online collections created by universities and museums in the UK. These include:
An online catalogue
with details of collections held within the archive
Designing Shakespeare
— 40 years of Shakespearian performance in London and Stratford
The Stormont Papers
- Parliamentary debates from Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.

References

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External links

Official websiteCeRch website
1996 establishments in the United Kingdom Arts in the United Kingdom Humanities organizations Jisc 2008 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Digital humanities projects