Archive skills and tools for historians
Most historians would see archival research as central to their status as professionals, and have traditionally been served by a variety of written guides to these materials – both introductions to using specific types of document and instructions in particular historical skills like palaeography. The advent of the digital age has not just increased the amount of material that can be viewed without recourse to the physical archive, but has also led to the development of a whole new set of tools with which historians can access and analyse that data.
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- Historians:
- Tout, Thomas Frederick
- Institutions:
- Institute of Historical Research
The National Archives
- Themes:
- Digitisation and history
History and computing
Professionalisation
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