UKAD forum 2014: The connected age, the European stage - Social History Portal

Afelonne Doek introduces the Social History Portal, an outcome of
the European funded project Heritage of the People's Europe
(HOPE), giving access to over 900,000 digital objects and more
than 2 million item descriptions.


The United Kingdom Archives Discovery (UKAD) network is a
collaborative group of archives and other information
professionals, of which The National Archives is part, who are
working towards opening up data in order to promote the use of
archives.


The forum is an opportunity for archivists and information
professionals to hear and share some of the latest thinking
around online access to archives and archives data and share
ideas around making archives more accessible through online
development.


Afelonne Doek is Director of Collections and Digital
Infrastructure at the International Institute of Social History
(IISH) in Amsterdam. The International Institute of Social
History (IISH), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, conducts advanced
research on the global history of work, workers, and labour
relations and to this end gathers data, which are made available
to other researchers as well.