News

Report on Project Methodology   (6 July 2006)

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Launch of new GASHE site   (31 January 2006)

31 January 2006 witnessed the launch of the new GASHE site. New features include:

• A new look to the site.
• A totally revamped Search Collections sections with enhanced and flexible search options.
• An exciting new facility to access records via the function and activity descriptions of the institutions.
• Lots of additional content including over 200 function and activity descriptions, 80 additional corporate biographies and 1000s more record descriptions.
• New help guide explaining how to use the new search options.
• New section on the methodology and standards used to create the function and activity descriptions.

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Announcement of New Project   (1st August 2003)

Glasgow University Archive Services is delighted to announce that we have today embarked on a groundbreaking new project to continue and develop GASHE. The project, entitled ‘Developing Archival Context Standards for Functions in the Higher Education Sector’ is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board and will run until 28 February 2006. It will continue the innovative research begun by the GASHE project into the potential impact of a functional approach to archival description. Many further descriptions of the functions and activities performed by the Scottish Higher Education Institutions from the fifteenth century to the present day will be added to those already available on the GASHE site and all relevant archives will be flagged up. A report on the methods used and the improvements gained by the functional approach will also be produced. The project’s ultimate aim is to improve access for users and improve archival descriptive practice world-wide.

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