Visit – National Digital Archive for Datasets
cpd25 Visit to National Digital Archive for Datasets
2nd May 2007, 2pm.
http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/digital-preservation/resources.html
The visit will be held in Room STB9, Stewart House (which is adjoined to Senate House). Entry to Stewart House is 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN.
See link for map:
http://www.london.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/home/stewart_house_map.pdf
http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
This visit will comprise of a talk on the work of the National Digital Archive of Datasets, operated by ULCC on behalf of The National Archives since 1998. NDAD preserves and provides online access to archived digital datasets and documents from UK central government departments.
Our collection spans 40 years of recent history, with the earliest available dataset dating back to about 1963.
There will also be a tour of the recently commissioned computer suite in Stewart House. This secure and environmentally controlled facility hosts all ULCC’s services. We will show you the computing, networking and storage facilities, which includes our 300 Terabyte robotic tape archive store. The tour guide will be Colin Love, Data Centre Manager.
Booking Info:
To book a place, please contact Dave Puplett at cpd25@wmin.ac.uk