DIGITISATION COMPETENCE CENTRE 
FORM FOR NOMINATION

This is the form for the nomination of a competence centre in digitisation.
Please, send a form for each different competence centre.
Each competence centre can be “nominated” for more than one area.

Send the form/forms to the attention of Maria Teresa Natale by e-mail to minerva2@beniculturali.it orf by fax to +390667232499.

The form will be submitted to the National representative for approval.

English must be used.

NAME AND ACRONYM OF THE COMPETENCE CENTRE:
AHDS Visual Arts (formerly Visual Arts Data Service)
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URL: http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk 
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AREAS for nominations of the 'competence centre' 

  Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
  Digitisation of art objects
•	Digitisation of books
•	Digitisation of film
•	Digitisation of manuscripts
•	Digitisation of museum collections
•	Digitisation of newspapers
•	Digitisation of photographic objects
•	Digitisation of public archives
•	Digitisation of sound
•	Digitisation of TV and radio
•	Multimedia
•	3D-environment
•	Virtual exhibitions
•	Other _____________________________________ (please, specify)

RESPONSIBLE BODY AND/OR ANY SPECIFIC 
CO-ORDINATING BODY/MECHANISM/INSTITUTION

Name of the institution: AHDS Visual Arts

English name of the institution:  AHDS Visual Arts

Acronym of the institution: ....................................................................

Mailing address: Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College
Falkner Road
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 7DS

Country: UK

Tel.: +44 (0) 1252 892723

Fax: +44 (0) 1252 892913

e-mail: info@visualarts.ahds.ac.uk

URL:  http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk 

Type of institution:  National		 Governmental		 Regional
             Other   Specify ........................................................................

Sector:  Archive   Library  Museum  Foundation  
             Other   Specify  Higher Education

Legal status:  Public   Private    No profit

Description of the institution (max 200 characters):

AHDS Visual Arts promotes best practice and use of standards in creating electronic resources; carries out long term preservation of digital assets; and provides access to resources in support of research, learning and teaching.

CONTACT PERSON OF THE COMPETENCE CENTRE

Name:  Mike   Surname: Pringle

Gender:    M		 F

Title:  Head of AHDS Visual Arts

Institution: .........as above 
Mailing address: .......as above
Country: .................. as above
Tel.: ........... as above
Fax: ........ as above

e-mail: mike@vads.ahds.ac.uk

Contact languages: English

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE COMPETENCE CENTRE DOES

The main features for what you consider the institution a 'competence centre', with respect to the selected areas ((max 200 characters for each area):

Consulting, collections management, metadata:
We advise UK HE funded projects and others on how to manage, fund, create, catalogue, and rights clear electronic resources. We manage a growing collection of 30,000 digital images and associated materials, all catalogued to appropriate international metadata standards.

Digitising Art Objects:
We provide specific advice in digitising art objects such as sculpture, ceramics, textiles, painting and design objects.  We hold, among others, digital art collections from the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, Imperial War Museum, the Crafts Study Centre and the National Fine Art Collection. 

I agree this information may be published on Minerva Knowledge Base: http://www.minervaeurope.org

Yes  No

Signature: MTPym

Name: Marie-Therese Pym

e-mail: mtp@vads.ahds.ac.uk