Poor cataloguing and limited information on digital holdings for all areas of archaeology are major barriers against raising awareness and use of digital resources. Archaeologists are prevented from making greater use of digital data for a variety of reasons, most notably through lack of facilities, but also through a perception that there is little detailed, relevant, material available. Generally, copyright does not limit access to information, though it does result in charging for access. There is strong support for some of the costs of creating digital archives to be recovered from project funding bodies, but not maintenance expenses. National bodies should support digital archives.
Organisations are more willing to support charging for re-use of digital data than individuals.
A wide range of training is needed to help bring about effective creation, preservation and re-use of digital data. Published by the Archaeology Data Service in 1999. The right of to be identified as the Authors of this Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All material supplied via the Archaeology Data Service is protected by copyright, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form. Electronic or print copies may not be offered, whether for sale or otherwise, to any third party.