Links relating to structures in the North East...

General

• Archaeology Data Service (ADS):
  Hosts a wide variety of archaeology related digital resources.
  
• Images of England:
  Searchable image and text database of England's 370,000 Listed Buildings
  
• Tomorrow's History:
  Preliminary website showing images from the Northern Region's public libraries and other sources.
  
• The Museum of Antiquities:
  A large web portal providing valuable educational on-line content.
  

Area Specific

• City of Sunderland Listed Buildings:
  Image and text database of Listed Buildings in the Sunderland area.
  
• Durham County Council Sites and Monuments Record:
  Searchable database of archaeological sites and monuments in County Durham.
  
• Keys To The Past:
  Searchable database of archaeological sites and monuments in County Durham and Northumberland.
  
• Pictures in Print:
  Searchable image database of pictures, maps and topographical prints of County Durham created before 1860.
  

Structure Specific

• Church Plans Online:
  Searchable image database of plans and designs for the building and enlargement of Anglican Churches, 1818-1982.
  
• The Defence of Britain:
  Project to catalogue WWI and WWII Defensive Structures with a searchable database.
  
• Public Monument and Sculpture Association:
  Image and text catalogue of Monuments and Sculptures in the Northeast region.
  
• Durham Mining Museum:
  Images and information about the Mining Industry in Northern England.
  
• RAILSCOT:
  Information on railway lines throughout Britain.
  
• Green Lion Database:
  Searchable database of British Public Houses.
  

To find out more about digitising images visit…

• Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS):
  National service which aids the discovery, creation and preservation of digital collections in the arts and humanities.
  
• JISC Image Digitisation Initiative (JIDI):
  Project to create archive quality digital images from a number of Higher Education image collections throughout the UK.
  
• Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI):
  Service providing advice, training and resources for the creation of digital images within Further and Higher Education.
  
• Higher Education Digitisation Service (HEDS):
  Service providing advice, consultancy, and a complete production service for digitisation and digital resource development and management within the not-for-profit sector.
  
• UKOLN:
  Service providing expertise in digital information management.
  

Links to related projects…

• SCRAN:
  Scottish history and culture website providing instant access to images, sounds, movies and learning resources.
  
• Sense of Place North East (SoPNE):
  Portal to learning resources about the people, culture, history, landscape, and nature of the North East.
  
• EnrichUK:
  Portal to over 150 digitisation projects supported by the New Opportunities Fund.
  
• The British Library:
  The British Library is the UK's leading research library.
  
• Archive Awareness Month - September 2003 :
  Month long promotion of celebratory events across the UK and Republic of Ireland, with local and national archives, large and small, public and private opening their doors to the public..
  

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