Introduction to the Archives Hub service aimed at contributors.

1. The Archives Hub An introduction Contributor Workshops 2010 Archives Hub Workshop 2010

2. JISC-funded service based at Mimas, The University of Manchester In service since 2000 Over 23,000 collection descriptions 180 repositories Management and service team at Manchester Development team at Liverpool Cheshire software Distributed system The Hub in a Nutshell Archives Hub Workshop 2010

3. Strategic aim: build and enhance content Meeting the needs of the UK research community Meeting the needs of the wider community Archives for education and research Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Content and contributors The success of the Hub is a reflection of the rich content available from Hub contributors

4. Higher/Further Education Consortium contributions Institutions with a research agenda Others on a case-by-case basis We encourage institutions to contact us Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Current contributors John Rylands Library, Manchester

5. Originally funded for collection-level but always multi-level Software/searches effective with both Complimentary approaches Researchers ask for detail Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Collection or lower-level…? Flickr cc licence: soylentgreen23’s photostream

6. The browser provides a human user interface Machine interfaces provide ways for machines to interact with the data Enables more exposure and flexible access The Hub has: SRU Z39.50 OAI-PMH Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Machine oriented interfaces

7. Archives Hub Workshop 2010 A bit about standards EAD is XML for archives We have EAD2002 (DTD) Cheshire search engine searches and retrieves EAD descriptions EAD is ISAD(G) compliant The Hub is distributed (Spokes)

8. Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Hub Data Flow

9. UKAD: part of the UK Archives Discovery Network Genesis: exploratory project to share data AIM25: collaboration to improve interoperability TNA: plans to create links from the NRA Copac: have links from the Hub to Copac records CALM/Adlib Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Collaboration & Sharing

10. Open data Standards Name authorities Reduction of cataloguing backlogs Retro-conversion of hard-copy catalogues Access to digitized and digital archives Collaboration to promote archives discovery Archives Hub Workshop 2010 UKAD Network aims:

11. Hub hosts data Genesis searches the Hub using SRU Works by using ‘women’ as an index term Benefit of one store of data with different access options. Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Pilot project for SRU: Genesis portal for Women’s Studies

12. Archives Hub Workshop 2010 National Archive Network

13. All Hub descriptions have their own identifiers – a unique reference Gives them their own web address Enables bookmarking of content Facilitates linking, e.g. from NRA Enables exposure to Google Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Persistent Identifiers

14. Understanding our users Encouraging item-level descriptions Encouraging images/links to content Changes in technology Perceptions of relevancy Understanding Impact Sustainability Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Challenges Flickr cc licence: hoodwink’s photostream

15. Increasing content and contributors Working on basic Hub operations – search speeds and relevancy More engagement with users Exploring user generated content Continuing to be standards-based, open and interoperable Archives Hub Workshop 2010 Moving Forward