Julian D Richards

Old photograph of a man in front of prehistoric standing stone, Stenness, Orkney Isles. British Geological Survey © UKRI 2025 All Rights Reserved Permit. Number CP25/005, P000528

🚀 Small Grants Programme NOW OPEN!
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX

You have until 2 November to apply for this exciting role!

⭐ The ADS Data Catalogue is Live!⭐

Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.

👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ

a fossil ammonite

🚀 We are excited to announce that the Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are now live!
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh

5000 archives is quite a milestone - and no better way to celebrate it than the publication of the new permanent home for the 'Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi' - a stunning collection of 28,000 images of stained glass - especially for those who thought we were just about holes in the ground.

Look out for this transformative improvement to finding stuff on ADS

Photo of the TLS book review - unfortunately too long to fit into the Alt text box.

Review of Hadley & Richards, ‘Life in the Viking Great Army’ in this week’s TLS. @danelawdawn.bsky.social @juliandrichards.bsky.social

A painted image of a dragon from Peterborough Cathedral nave in Bay 2 © Peterborough Cathedral

An image of bones in a tray from the University of York's Zooarchaeology lab © Aex Holland

Find out more about the Heritage Science Data Service in the latest blog post from @ukri.org #RICHeS www.riches.ukri.org/news-and-eve... #hertage #science

🚨 What's next for heritage science? Find out at our first ever NHSF Conference!

Registration is now OPEN 👉 www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

📅: 10 July 2025
📍: @ucl.ac.uk

A photo of Salisbury Craig, with the words 'we're hiring'

🏺 Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising a fantastic new role: Linked Open Data Developer!

To find out more visit: buff.ly/cFGM8na

📣 The deadline is 26.05.25

#DigitalHeritage #JobOpportunities #DigitalArchives #JobOpening #DigitalCareers #NowHiring

Excellent session featuring collaboration between @ariadne-ri.bsky.social and @dariaheu.bsky.social

Calling all pottery specialists! This is an amazing new reference collection - hopefully the first of many - and sure to be featured in the new Heritage Science Data Service catalogue - to be launched in Autumn 2025

#CIfA2025 has started! 🏺 Come down to the Atrium on level zero and say hello!!

🌍✨ NARA Institute Visits the ADS! ✨🌍

Last month, we were thrilled to host a delegation from the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties! 📊💻

To read more about our history of interactions and our ongoing collaboration, visit our most recent news story here: buff.ly/ReOSZii

Stunning milestone reached! And there will be more exciting news to follow - later in 2025 - on a new search interface to help you find that specific archive you want!!

The Viking Great Army in Britain Gone Medieval · Episode

Really interesting episode of Gone Medieval Podcast with @danelawdawn.bsky.social & @juliandrichards.bsky.social on the Viking Great Army.

(and a Woodstown mention too!) 🙌

open.spotify.com/episode/2dK7...

Just back from the launch of a new project. @ads-update.bsky.social and @hsds-update.bsky.social are leading the development of the infrastructure

ECHOES is shaping the future of cultural heritage—are you in?

Whether you’re a researcher, a museum professional, or a digital innovator, there’s a place for you in ECHOES and the Cultural Heritage Cloud.

🚀 Be part of the change—follow us for updates and get involved!

🎉 Exciting News! Our New Website is Live! 🎉

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new website! 🏺 We've been working hard to offer an improved website to offer new information, improved navigation and exciting new features.

⭐ To take a look visit https://hsds.ac.uk/

New Post: Data Specialist – HSDS (3-year). Help shape digital systems that support heritage science & empower GLAM institutions across the UK.
Apply: ce0838li.webitrent.com/ce0838li_web...
Closes: 23 Feb 2025 #RICHeS

New Job: Join the National Gallery as a Content & Engagement Specialist – HSDS (3-year), to shape the future of heritage science data across the UK. Drive collaboration & innovation in GLAMs.
Apply: ce0838li.webitrent.com/ce0838li_web...
Closes: 23 Feb 2025 #RICHeS

Pleased that @ads-update.bsky.social is one of the two UK partners in #ECHOES, and working with @ariadne-ri.bsky.social to ensure that Archaeology is well represented

Screenshot from the video showing the time line with a submarine and dinosaur in the background

We have two new videos on how to use the ARIADNE Portal!
One short 4 min. one using a research question example and one 40 min. in-depth demo by Julian Richards of ADS.
Check them out here:
www.ariadne-research-infrastructure.eu/2025/01/23/t...

This is an exemplar of what online publication of a major infrastructure project can achieve - with simultaneous release of a complete digital archive and map-based interface from @ads-update.bsky.social. Just what the PUNS report envisioned - all those years ago

A photo taken behind someone using the Unpath'd Waters portal

a Map of the UK with an orange layer signifying density of records in different areas.

a diver recording an underwater wreckage

⚓ Excited to share our new video release!

🏺 Dive into the UK's rich maritime history using our new introduction and how to guide videos!

To watch these videos visit: https://buff.ly/40Nm3zv

Be sure to watch and let us know your thoughts!
#UnlockingCollections #TaNC #shipwrecks #marine

After the release of the Torksey and Aldwark online finds catalogues by @trixranderson.bsky.social @danelawdawn.bsky.social and @juliandrichards.bsky.social I've been casting some white metal masters of ribbed strapends from soapstone moulds for 'lost wax' castings. #vikings #GreatArmy #MicelHere

You can read more about these and the other coin finds in the OUP book "Life in the Viking Great Army: Raiders, Traders, and Settlers" by @danelawdawn.bsky.social
and @juliandrichards.bsky.social, with contributions by Dave Haldenby, Gareth Perry, and me - or look over the Torksey archive on ADS:

A torn fragment of lead sheet, impressed with the face of a coin

A damaged and bent lead disc: the obvers of a coin die is visible on one side

#Findsfriday! I'm planning a series of posts on the finds from the Viking camps at Torksey and Aldwark, highlighting the release of the site databases on the ADS.

Inspired by Dr Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm's talk to the SSNS last night, I thought I'd start with these two lead 'trial pieces'

More job opportunities with ADS and HSDS - now two technical roles.

Exciting new project focusing on digital twins for heritage conservation and protection