Contributing to the Hub
We have a Contributor Console that provides everything you need to be a contributor. Our cataloguing tool, the EAD Editor is included in the Console. You can also consider exporting from your own system.
We have a periodic newletter for contributors.
Your descriptions can be harvested by the Archives Portal Europe if you are happy to sign their Metadata Exchange Agreement.
You may like to add the Hub logo to your website.
Why contribute?
Adding your descriptions to the Hub gives you a whole range of benefits.
Becoming a contributor
We welcome institutions holding collections of value to education and research.
Value of the Hub
What do people most value about the Archives Hub? How could the service be improved?.
Impact of the Hub
Some facts and figures about use of the Hub and how we work to increase impact.
Archive systems export
Exporting EAD from archive systems
EAD for the Hub
Archives Hub requirements for EAD
Online Resources
Submit descriptions of online resources that describe and give access to archives.
Archival standards
The use of standards promotes data sharing and reuse.