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               GIS Guide to Good Practice
 
      http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/
 
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The Archaeology Data Service is pleased to announce the
web publication of its GIS Guide to Good Practice.  It
provides guidance for individuals and organisations involved
in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation
of GIS-based digital resources.  The volume is written for
specialists, students, and those in between.
 
The GIS Guide has been written by a dedicated team of
archaeologists, digital archivists, and GIS practitioners:
Mark Gillings, Peter Halls, Gary Lock, Paul Miller,
Greg Phillips, Nick Ryan, David Wheatley, and Alicia Wise.
 
A traditional published version of the GIS Guide to Good
Practice will be available during the Autumn of 1998 from
Oxbow Books.  Contact Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford,
OX1 1HN for more information.  Their email address is
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This is the first volume in a series of Guides to Good
Practice produced by the Arts and Humanities Data Service
(AHDS).  The AHDS is a digital archiving service in the UK
consisting of six distributed services catering for the needs
of researchers in archaeology, history, performing arts, text
studies, and visual arts.  Information about the AHDS Guide
to Good Practice series can be obtained at:
 
http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html
 
Other titles in this series focus on the creation,
management, preservation, and use of digital images,
texts, etc.
 
Four additional guides in this series are being
developed by the Archaeology Data Service.  They cover
the archiving of digital excavation records,
data derived from aerial photographs and remotely
sensed images, CAD datasets, and archaeological
geophysics information.  For more information
about these Guides in particular, please see:
 
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/g2gp.html
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Alicia L. Wise                            [log in to unmask]
Data Coordinator                       [log in to unmask]
Archaeology Data Service
University of York                     Tel:  (01904) 433954
King's Manor                             Fax:  (01904) 433939
York YO1 7EP
UK
 
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