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OASIS III: Thirteenth Monitoring Report April 2009

This monitoring report covers the period from January to April 2009, notable once again for marked increases in use of the forms by both contractors and curators.

  April 2009 Dec 2008 April 2008 Oct 2007
Records in system 13943 (+1420) 12523 (+2658) 9865 (+1844) 8021 (+1732)
Signed off by HER 4505 (+575) 3930 (+989) 2941 (+866) 2075 (+536)
Signed off by NMR 4505 (+576) 3929 (+996) 2933 (+862) 2071 (+572)
Completed by contractor 8632 (+804) 7828 (+1892) 5936 (+925) 5011 (+833)
HERs validating records 70 (+6) 64 (+5) 59 (+1) 58 (+8)

The newly validating HERs are the National Trust, Plymouth, Yorkshire Dales NP, North York Moors NP, Hertfordshire and Isle of Wight.

Status of records

Waiting for contractor to complete: 3918 (+438)
HER still to validate (record 1 month old): 3653 (+366)
Waiting for contractor to send report: 1465 (+185)
Reports attached to forms: 5970 (+647)
Waiting for HER to validate: 292 (+156)
Waiting for contractor to complete archive section: 36 (-2)
Signed off & complete: 4503 (+576)

Training update

Units: Castlering Archaeology, ARCUS, MAP Archaeological Associates.

HERs: Plymouth, Yorkshire Dales NP, North York Moors NP, South Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, National Trust, Torbay.


Mark Barratt, NMR Archives
22nd April 2009

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