DATA MATTERS! UKAD Forum The National Archives, Thursday 17 March 2016
10:15
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS: sponsored by Axiell
10:45
Welcome Jeff James (Chief Executive and Keeper, The National Archives)
Introduction Geoff Browell (King’s College) - Outlining the day and the complementary
Workshops, explaining the postcards and posing the questions under consideration: what
do we mean by adopting a data mindset or a data-centric perspective? what are the
implications and opportunities for archives and records management?
11:00
KEYNOTE
Getting the Data Right: Implementing an Enterprise Information Strategy at Jisc
Dr David Reeve (Head of Information Strategy, Jisc)
11:30
TALKING HEADS
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State of the catalogue Andrew Janes (The National Archives) - Review of TNA’s
catalogue and data practices.
Metadata Strategy Bill Stockting (British Library) - Introducing the BL’s Metadata
Strategy in the context of its unique collections.
Archiving events Athanasios Velios (Chelsea College of Arts) - Data integration with the
CIDOC-CRM
From objects to data Glenn Cumiskey (British Museum) - Understanding and proactively
embracing the possibilities of the digital stewardship of our information.
12:45
LUNCH: sponsored by Axiell
13:45
POSTER SESSIONS
TALKING HEADS
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Breaking News! Archival Data Infiltrates Library Resource Discovery System Teresa
Doherty (Royal College of Nursing) - Trials and tribulations of surfacing archive data via a
library resource discovery tool.
UK Medical Heritage Jonathan Cates (The National Archives) - Imaginative ways with
medical: the future of the Hospital Records (HOSPREC) database.
Data analytics Steve Jupe (BBC Archives) - What it means for gathering, storing and
sharing archive data at the BBC.
Data Data Alexandra Eveleigh (University College London) and Victoria Cranna (London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) - Facilitating access to research datasets over
time.
15:15
REFRESHMENTS: sponsored by Axiell
15:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
What does having a data mindset or a data-centric approach mean? Speakers led by Jenny
Bunn (ARA Section for Archives & Technology)
16:15
Introducing the Friday Workshops Jane Ronson (Jisc)
16:30
Thanks for coming! Please complete a feedback form and collect a postcard before you go.
Cathy Williams (The National Archives/UKAD Steering Committee)
DATA MATTERS! UKAD Workshops
Jisc, Friday 18 March 2015
09:30
09:45
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS: provided by Jisc
Welcome and Introduction Jane Stevenson (Jisc/UKAD Steering Committee)
Follow on from UKAD Forum offering demonstrations and hands-on practical experience
10:00
A. BORN DIGITAL CATALOGUING
B. DATA CREATING AND DATA PROCESSING
1. Speedwriting guidelines for cataloguing
born digital material (Part I)
Have you had experience of cataloguing
born digital material? Would you like to
share your experience to help others? If so,
this workshop is for you. Over the course of
just under 3 hours we will be attempting to
speed-write some draft guidelines for
everyone facing this task. These will
subsequently be published on the ARA SAT
web pages for further comment and
consultation. Shared problems need shared
thinking so come and contribute yours.
(Jenny Bunn and the ARA SAT)
2. Create your own ISDIAH record Use the
Archives Portal Europe form to create an
ISDIAH entry for your repository, which
produces standardised XML called Encoded
Archival Guide (EAG). (Jane Ronson, Jisc)
OR
3. Try out interoperability in action! If you
are on the Archives Hub, or can come along
with some EAD data, you can have a go at
uploading it to the Archives Portal Europe
though their customised dashboard. This is a
great way to find out what interoperability
means in reality – moving data from one
system to another. (Jane Stevenson,
Archives Hub)
11:30
REFRESHMENTS: provided by Jisc
12:00
A. BORN DIGITAL CATALOGUING
B. DATA MATCHING
1. Speedwriting guidelines for cataloguing
born digital material (Part II)
Have you had experience of cataloguing
born digital material? Would you like to
share your experience to help others? If so,
this workshop is for you. Over the course of
just under 3 hours we will be attempting to
speed-write some draft guidelines for
everyone facing this task. These will
subsequently be published on the ARA SAT
web pages for further comment and
consultation. Shared problems need shared
thinking so come and contribute yours.
(Jenny Bunn and the ARA SAT)
4. Tools for data manipulation Have a go
with OpenRefine http://openrefine.org/ a
powerful Open Source tool for working with
messy data. It can be used for exploring
datasets, cleaning, transforming and
reconciling data. Try it out by matching
names within archival descriptions. (Adrian
Stevenson, Jisc)
OR
5. Traces Through Time Imagine being able
to enter a single name online and, with one
click, to find a range of related documents
from millions of different records. This
project aims to use diverse data spanning
years of history to link related records, to
make researching and accessing history even
easier.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/
our-role/plans-policies-performance-andprojects/our-projects/traces-through-time
(Matt Hillyard, Mark Bell, The National
Archives)
13:30
Thanks for coming! Any feedback? Jane Stevenson (Jisc/UKAD Steering Committee)
13:40
LUNCH: provided by Jisc