UKAD forum 2014: The connected age, the European stage - Archives Portal Europe

Kerstin Arnold and Jane Stevenson present a case study showing
how the UK went from zero data to one of the leading contributors
to the Portal through the benefits of interoperable data.


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.


Kerstin Arnold is doing her doctoral thesis next to the work at
the Federal Archives of Germany for the Archives Portal Europe -
network of excellence (APEx) project. Jane Stevenson manages the
Jisc-funded Archives Hub, an aggregation of archive descriptions
representing over 225 institutions across the UK.