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UK Archives Hub



The Archives Hub was officially launched on 13 March 2001.

This service provides free access to information about the archives
available in the UK?s universities and colleges. It is freely accessible on
the web at http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk and uses international standards
for the description of archives (ISAD(G)); their format (EAD) and their
retrieval (Z39.50). With other similar initiatives the Archives Hub will
form part of the newly-emerging National Archive Network.

The Archives Hub will initially hold data at collection level but is
technically capable of dealing with multi-level descriptions which allow
researchers to explore collections down to the level of individual items. By
2003 the Hub should provide access to over 25,000 collection level
records.  At present there are over 3,000 descriptions available, which
cover many aspects of UK history and are relevant to a wide variety of
researchers.

The service, which has been developed by a team at the University of
Liverpool, is funded by JISC. It is delivered and managed by MIMAS at the
University of Manchester on behalf of the Consortium of Research Libraries
(CURL).

Amanda Hill

Archives Hub Project Manager
Manchester Computing
University of Manchester
United Kingdom

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