Introduction

General Guidelines

Metadata

Intellectual Property Issues

Determining Users' Needs

Text Projects

Image Projects

Audio Projects

Video Projects

3D Imaging Projects

GIS Projects

Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information Systems provide a new means of organizing and presenting scholarly information. The following links provide an introduction to best practices and standards in this field.

• GIS Guide to Good Practice
  From the Archaeology Data Service in the UK, an excellent introduction to GIS and their application in the scholarly domain.
• OpenGIS Consortium
  The Open GIS Consortium was founded to try to address the issue of incompatible data formats in geographic information technology. This site provides general information on their efforts as well as links to compatible software and data sources.