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href="https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/about/the-internet-archaeology-journal/">The Internet Archaeology Journal</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-11232"><a href="https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/about/ads-newsletter/">ADS Newsletter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="m-article-header"> <h1>Recommended archive status partners</h1> </div> <div class="m-article"> <p>The ADS also acts as the recommended trusted digital repository for digital data generated from projects undertaken within the historic environment, on behalf of local authorities and museums.</p> <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3663 alignnone" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/birmmuseum.png" alt="" width="526" height="174" srcset="https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/birmmuseum.png 526w, https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/birmmuseum-300x99.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px" /></p> <h2>Birmingham City Council + Birmingham Museum Trust</h2> <p>The ADS is a recommended repository for Birmigham Museum Trust. <a href="https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTkvMDYvMTgvNzZkMTNhM3c0cV9CTVRfQXJjaGFlb2xvZ2ljYWxfQXJjaGl2ZV9EZXBvc2l0aW9uX1N0YW5kYXJkc192MV9BcHJpbF8yMDE5LnBkZiJdXQ/BMT%20Archaeological%20Archive%20Deposition%20Standards%20v1%20April%202019">Current guidance</a> from Birmingham Museums Trust states that digital archives should be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository to ensure preservation and accessibility. Deposition with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is strongly recommended. This can currently be achieved either through the transfer of files to ADS (including the use of ADS-easy), or through the OASIS record for small sites with only digital images. All born digital material MUST be archived digitally.</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3679" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org204.png" alt="" width="115" height="116" /></p> <h2>Buckinghamshire County Council</h2> <p>The ADS is the preferred repository for digital archives for Buckinghamshire County Council as stipulated in their Briefs and <a href="https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/culture-and-leisure/archaeology/buckinghamshire-council-archaeology-service/archaeological-guidance/">Archaeological Guidance for Carrying Out Work</a>.</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3693" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1959.png" alt="" width="250" height="59" /></p> <h2>Bucks County Museum</h2> <p>Buckinghamshire Council Generic Briefs state that the digital archive should be deposited with an accredited digital repository. The preferred repository for the digital archive in Buckinghamshire is the Archaeology Data Service.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3669" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org5.png" alt="" width="250" height="58" /></p> <h2>Cambridgeshire County Council</h2> <p>ADS is a recommended repository for Cambridgeshire County Council. Current <a href="https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/Guidelines%20for%20the%20deposition%20of%20archaeological%20archives%20in%20Cambridgeshire%20v4%202019.pdf">guidance</a> from Cambridgeshire County Council states that projects with a digital archive element are expected to deposit this with a publically accessible repository with CoreTrustSeal status such as the Archaeology Data Service.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3694" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1960.png" alt="" width="250" height="84" /></p> <h2>Chippenham Museum</h2> <p>Chippenham Museum <a href="https://www.chippenham.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Chippenham-Museum-Deposition-Guidelines.pdf">Guidelines and Conditions for the Preparation and Deposition of Archaeological Archives</a> state that digital data must be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository (such as the Archaeology Data Service) to ensure preservation and accessibility. All born digital material MUST be archived digitally (subject to an agreed Selection Strategy). Contractors are advised to not create born digital data unless they are willing to deposit such data.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3685" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org735.png" alt="" width="200" height="89" /></p> <h2>City of York Council</h2> <p>The ADS is the <a href="https://www.york.gov.uk/archaeology-1/guidance-documents-archaeological-work/2">mandatory archive for Archaeological building recording</a> undertaken within the City of York.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3692" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1938.png" alt="" width="250" height="67" /></p> <h2>Crawley Museum</h2> <p>Crawley Museum Deposition guidance states that all digital archives connected with the collection should have a Data Management Plan and be deposited with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), which is a Core Trust Seal accredited digital repository that ensures the long-term preservation of digital data.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3675" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org149.png" alt="" width="250" height="72" /></p> <h2>Derbyshire County Council</h2> <p>The ADS is the mandated repository for Derbyshire County Council. Four museums, Derby, Sheffield, Buxton and Chesterfield, along with the Derbyshire Record Office, collect material from archaeological investigations in Derbyshire. Their Standards state that digital data should be deposited with the Archaeology Data Service.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3691" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1345.png" alt="" width="250" height="100" /></p> <h2>Devon County Council + Devon Museums</h2> <p>The ADS is the recommended repository for digital archaeological archives as part of the <a href="https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/development-management/specifications/archaeological-excavation/">Standards</a> for undertaking archaeological work in the county. Current guidance from Devon County Council states that a “Digital archive must be deposited with a Trusted Digital Repository and thus made publicly accessible, in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (2018). It is understood that the only suitable repository for digital archaeological archives is the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).”</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3681" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org379.png" alt="" width="220" height="75" /></p> <h2>Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council</h2> <p>The ADS is a recommended repository for Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council. <a href="https://www.durham.gov.uk/media/22749/Standards-for-Archaeological-Work-in-County-Durham-and-Darlington/pdf/StandardsForArchaeologicalWorkInCountyDurhamAndDarlington.pdf?m=636735645433070000">Guidance</a> from Durham County Council states that if receiving museums do not have Trusted Repository status then all born digital aspects of the archive should be archived with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3674" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org129.png" alt="" width="260" height="60" /><br /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3666" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/gloucester_city_council.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="120" srcset="https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/gloucester_city_council.jpg 302w, https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/gloucester_city_council-300x119.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px" /></p> <h2>Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucester City Council and Gloucester Museums Group</h2> <p>The <a href="https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/13651/gloucestershire-archaeological-archive-standards-version-1b-jan-2018.pdf">Countywide Standard for the Creation, Compilation and Transfer of Archaeological Archives in Gloucestershire</a> states that Digital Archives should be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository to ensure preservation and accessibility. The Museums in Gloucestershire recommend deposition with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) and all briefs issued by Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucester City Council will include a condition requiring digital Archives to be deposited with the ADS or through the OASIS system as appropriate, in line with this document.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3667" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/great_north_museum.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="235" /></p> <h2>Great North Museum: Hancock</h2> <p>The ADS is a recommended repository for the Great North Museum. <a href="https://www.twmuseums.org.uk/files/143211-gnm-archaeology-archives-deposition-policy.pdf">Guidance</a> states that the museum does not accept digital archives for deposition. For digital archives, the project archaeologist should contact the Archaeology Data Service to consider deposition and calculate costs that would be incurred by the ADS.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3678" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org174.png" alt="" width="250" height="66" /></p> <h2>Hampshire County Council Arts and Museums Service</h2> <p><a href="http://documents.hants.gov.uk/archaeology/depositarchaeologicalarchives.pdf">Current Guidance</a> from Hampshire County Council that Digital Archives should be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository to ensure preservation and accessibility. Hampshire County Council Arts and Museums Service recommend deposition with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3668" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/hertfordshire.png" alt="" width="250" height="90" /></p> <h2>Hertfordshire Museums Association</h2> <p><a href="https://northhertsmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hertfordshire-Archaeological-Archive-Standards-Version-4-April-2020-1.pdf">Hertfordshire Museum鈥檚 Guidance</a> states that Digital Archives should be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository to ensure preservation and accessibility. The Museums in Hertfordshire recommend deposition with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) or through the OASIS system as appropriate, in line with their <a href="https://northhertsmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hertfordshire-Archaeological-Archive-Standards-Version-4-April-2020-1.pdf">guidelines</a>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3690" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1143.png" alt="" width="260" height="125" /></p> <h2>Lancashire County Council Museum Service</h2> <p>LCCMS recommends the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), a Core Trust Seal accredited archive, as the digital repository. From April 2020, all briefs for archaeological work issued by Lancashire County Council will include a condition requiring digital archives to be deposited with the ADS and follow the ADS Standards and guidelines for deposit.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3683" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org548.png" alt="" width="250" height="60" /></p> <h2>Lincolnshire County Council</h2> <p>The ADS is a mandated repository for Lincolnshire County Council archaeological archives. Current <a href="https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/environment-and-planning/conservation/lincolnshire-archaeological-handbook/29200.article">guidance</a> states that all digital media submitted to the Heritage Service must also be submitted to ADS.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3695" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1961.png" alt="" width="250" height="126" /></p> <h2>Liverpool Museum</h2> <p>Liverpool Museum Guidance recommends that the born digital archive is deposited with an accredited and trusted digital repository, the Archaeology Data Service is the only accredited digital repository in the UK for heritage data. A Digital Object Identifier (DOI for the digital archive must be provided before finds and paper archives can be deposited at the Museum of Liverpool. From 2021 it will be obligatory that born digital data is deposited with the ADS, and this should be included in costings for projects.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3676" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org161.png" alt="" width="260" height="64" /></p> <h2>Northamptonshire County Council</h2> <p>Archaeological units working in Northamptonshire with a born digital element to their archive are <a href="https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/archives-and-heritage/northamptonshire-archives/Pages/archaeological-archives-%E2%80%93-northamptonshire%E2%80%99s-archaeological-resource-centre.aspx">advised</a> to deposit their archive with a CoreTrustSeal accredited digital archive repository. As of January 2020, the Archaeology Data Service is the only repository in England with this accreditation that will accept digital archives deriving from archaeological and historic environment fieldwork.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3699" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/oxfordshire_county_council.png" alt="" width="343" height="147" srcset="https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/oxfordshire_county_council.png 343w, https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/oxfordshire_county_council-300x129.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px" /></p> <h2>Oxfordshire County Council and Oxfordshire Museum Service</h2> <p>The ADS the mandated repository for Oxfordshire Museum Service. <a href="https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/file/museums/archaeologicalarchivetransferprocedures.pdf">Guidance states</a> that from April 2020 Oxfordshire Museums Service will require all units to deposit digital files with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3700" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/potteries_museum.png" alt="" width="225" height="225" srcset="https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/potteries_museum.png 225w, https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/2022/05/potteries_museum-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></p> <h2>The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery</h2> <p>The ADS is a recommended repository for the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. <a href="http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Conditions-for-Deposition-of-Archaeological-Archives-April-2019.pdf">Guidance</a> states that the Depositor will transfer the primary digital archive for the project to a trusted digital repository such as the Archaeology Data Service(ADS).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3687" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org878.png" alt="" width="250" height="55" /></p> <h2>Royal Albert Memorial Museum RAMM</h2> <p><a href="https://committees.exeter.gov.uk/documents/s74038/Appendix%20A%20-%20Archaeological_Archives_2020-25%20v5-5-20.pdf">RAMM guidance</a> expects that the documentary element of an archive is deposited as digital data with a trusted and respected digital repository, such as the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3696" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1962.png" alt="" width="250" height="53" /></p> <h2>Rutland County Museum</h2> <p><a href="https://rutlandcountymuseum.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Rutland-Archaeological-Archives-Standard-2018-2019.pdf">Rutland County Museum Archaeological Archives Standard</a> states that digital archives should be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository to ensure preservation and accessibility. RCM recommends deposition with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) and all briefs issued by RCM include a condition requiring digital Archives to be deposited with the ADS or through the OASIS system as appropriate.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3697" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1963.png" alt="" width="224" height="70" /></p> <h2>Salisbury Museums</h2> <p>Salisbury <a href="https://rutlandcountymuseum.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Rutland-Archaeological-Archives-Standard-2018-2019.pdf">Museums follow the same guidance as Rutland County Museum</a> which states that digital archives should be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository to ensure preservation and accessibility. RCM recommends deposition with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) and all briefs issued by RCM include a condition requiring digital Archives to be deposited with the ADS or through the OASIS system as appropriate.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3680" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org298.png" alt="" width="260" height="60" /></p> <h2>Southampton City Council</h2> <p>The current Standards for the Creation, Compilation and Transfer of Archaeological Archives issued by Southampton City Council states that “The digital archive will be transferred for curation by the Archaeology Data Service (ADS)”.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3705" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/south_west_heritage_trust.png" alt="South West Heritage Trust" width="272" height="185" /></p> <h2>South West Heritage Trust</h2> <p>The ADS is a recommended digital repository for the South West Heritage Trust. The Trusts <a href="https://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/downloads/publications/Somerset_Archaeological_Handbook_2017-6.pdf">Historic Environment Service Archaeological Handbook</a> states that digital archive material must be deposited with a suitable Trusted Digital Repository that specialises in archaeological archives. Currently only the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) meets these criteria.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3688" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org956.png" alt="" width="200" height="73" /></p> <h2>Museums Worcestershire</h2> <p>Museums Worcestershire <a href="https://researchworcestershire.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/depositing-archaeological-archives-with-museums-worcestershire-october-2015.pdf">is working in partnership</a> with Archaeology Data Service (ADS). All briefs for archaeological work issued by Worcestershire County Council or Worcester City Council will include a condition requiring digital archives to be deposited with ADS.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3698" src="/app/uploads/2022/05/org1964.png" alt="" width="250" height="87" /></p> <h2>Wiltshire Museum</h2> <p>Wiltshire Museum <a href="https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Deposition-Guidelines_Wiltshire-Museum_Archaeology-Archives_2019-09-27-v1.1.pdf">deposition guidelines</a> require digital archives to be transferred to a Trusted Digital Repository (such as the Archaeology Data Service) to ensure preservation and accessibility. All born digital material MUST be archived digitally (subject to the agreed Selection Strategy and version control). 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