Date:    Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:09:51 EDT
<br>From:    Allan Metcalf <AAllan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: Guides to Good Digital Practice in the Humanities
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<br>FYI:
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<br>                UK's ARCHAEOLOGY DATA SERVICE PUBLISHES:
<br>         GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS--GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE
<br>            <http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/>
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<br>                          First in series of
<br>                       GUIDES TO GOOD PRACTICE
<br>             PUBLISHED BY ARTS & HUMANITIES DATA SERVICE
<br>               <http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html>
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<br>First in an ambitious series of "Guides to Good Practice" to be published
<br>by the UK's Arts & Humanities Data Service, is the Archaeology Data
<br>Service's "GIS Guide to Good Practice."
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<br>Titles currently being prepared in this series, under the auspices of AHDS,
<br>include the following:
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<br>ARCHAEOLOGY
<br>*  Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
<br>*  Archaeological Geophysics
<br>*  Computer Aided Design
<br>*  Excavation and Fieldwork Archiving
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<br>HISTORY
<br>*  Digitising history: a guide to creating electronic resources from
<br>historical documents
<br>*  Secondary Analysis in Historical Research
<br>*  History GIS
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<br>PERFORMING ARTS
<br>*  Creating digitised audio materials for use in research and teaching
<br>*  Digital Collections in the Performing Arts:   Metadata, Management and
<br>Minefields
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<br>TEXTUAL STUDIES
<br>*  Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts
<br>*  Developing Linguistic Corpora
<br>*  Finding and Using Electronic Texts
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<br>VISUAL ARTS
<br>*  Creating digital information for the Visual Arts: standards and best
<br>practice
<br>*  Using digital information in teaching and learning in the visual arts
<br>*  Why invest in the digitisation of visual arts material?
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<br>CROSS-DISCIPLINARY GUIDES
<br>*  Describing Resources: Dublin Core metadata
<br>*  Guide to Good Practice in Creating a Viable Digital Resource
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<br>Further information is available on the AHDS webpage at
<br><http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html>.  Below I include the explanatory
<br>introduction to that page:
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<br>"The AHDS is publishing a series of Guides providing the humanities
<br>research and teaching communities with practical instruction in applying
<br>recognised standards and good practice to the creation and use of digital
<br>resources.
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<br>"Some of the Guides focus on methods and applications relevant to
<br>humanities disciplines, such as history, archaeology, visual arts,
<br>performing arts and textual and linguistic studies. Others address those
<br>areas which cross disciplinary boundaries. All Guides identify and explore
<br>key issues and provide comprehensive pointers for those who need more
<br>specific information. As such they are essential reference materials for
<br>anyone interested in computer-assisted research and teaching in the
<br>humanities.
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