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The Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) is a United Kingdom national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities. It was established in 1996. Organized via a Managing Executive at King's College London and five AHDS Centres, hosted by various UK Higher Education Institutions, the AHDS is funded until the end of March 2008 by the Joint Information Systems Committee and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
However, in March 2007 the AHRC decided to cease funding for the AHDS beyond March 2008. As a result, the AHDS is now advising AHRC applicants to ensure their projects include a budget for the costs of preservation and sustainability (whether with the AHDS or another service).
The five subject-based AHDS Centres are:

AHDS Archaeology — University of York
AHDS History — University of Essex
AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics — Oxford University
AHDS Performing Arts — HATII at the University of Glasgow
AHDS Visual Arts — University College for the Creative Arts (Farnham campus)

Specific areas of work that the Arts and Humanities Data Service covers include:

Digital Preservation — including a series of preservation handbooks

detailing specific preservation issues with various digital file formats and information on its digital repository

Advice on digitization — including a series of case studies

of existing digitization projects, information papers

on specific issues in digitization, and longer Guides to Good Practice

dealing with digitization topics in particular arts and humanities disciplines

Online collections created by universities and museums in the UK. These include:

An online catalogue with details of collections held within the archive
Designing Shakespeare — 40 years of Shakespearian performance in London and Stratford

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