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The Long Now. Digital Preservation Coalition. Because good research needs good data. Data management courses and training. If you manage research data or are interested in developing a career as a data librarian or data scientist, the table below will help identify opportunities for you.

Data management courses and training

The first part lists short, 'in-career' training courses to bolster your credentials in data management. The second part lists longer, HE-accredited programmes which include a digital data science or librarianship component. See the Roles page for more on the terms data creator, data manager, data librarian or data scientist, including a diagram mapping the core skills covered by each. (Table adapted from Skilling Up to Do Data: Whose Role, Whose Responsibility, Whose Career? By Graham Pryor and Martin Donnelly, published in the International Journal of Digital Curation, Vol 4, No 2 (2009).

If you are interested in finding a professional development course, the following resources may be of assistance. English Heritage Home Page. English Heritage: Laser Scanning for Heritage. This document has been generated as part of the Heritage3D project.

English Heritage: Laser Scanning for Heritage

Heritage3D is sponsored by English Heritage’s National Heritage Protection Commissions programme (projects 3789 MAIN and 5496 MAIN) and undertaken by the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University. The project has sought to provide guidance to archaeologists, local planning authorities, instrument manufacturers and software developers on the use of 3D laser scanning in the conservation of cultural heritage. The primary aims of this project were to develop and support best practice in laser scanning for archaeology and architecture, and to disseminate this best practice to users, along with the education of likely beneficiaries. A guidance note arising from Heritage3D, entitled ‘3D Laser Scanning for Heritage’ was published in 2007. The present document, a substantial revision of the 2007 guidance note, has been developed as part of the follow-on project. English Heritage: Metric Survey. Paul Bryan, Bill Blake, Jon Bedford, David Barber, Jon Mills, David Andrews Metric survey forms an essential part of the conservation cycle and provides a valuable source of base mapping for analytical projects.

English Heritage: Metric Survey

In supplying metric survey data to buildings curators, conservators, architects and archaeologists, surveyors need to know what makes survey work for cultural heritage. A proven specification is a valuable tool for use in achieving this goal. Getting the right survey for the right job is important. This specification provides a guide to the user and the supplier of metric survey data. It is a revised and updated second edition of Metric Survey Specifications for English Heritage - the standard specification that English Heritage has successfully used to procure metric survey for the last nine years. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Archaeology Data Service: Homepage. ADS Guides to Good Practice.

ADS: Big data. Preservation and Management Strategies for Exceptionally Large Data Formats: 'Big Data' Review of nature of technologies and formats This report has been produced as part of the Big Data Project.

ADS: Big data

It is a technical review of each of the 'Big Data' technologies currently practised by archaeologists, with a consideration of data formats for preservation and future dissemination. The discussion focuses on the following technologies: Sidescan Sonar Sonar (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) is a simple technique used by maritime archaeologists to detect wrecks. Sidescan sonar is a device used by maritime archaeologists to locate submerged structures and artefacts.