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OASIS III: Fourteenth Monitoring Report October 2009

This monitoring report covers the period from May to October 2009, notable for marked increases in use of the form by both contractors and curators.

  Oct 2009 April 2009 Dec 2008 Oct 2008
Records in system 15522 (+1579) 13943 (+1420) 12523 (+2658) 9865 (+1844)
Signed off by HER 5133 (+628) 4505 (+576) 3930 (+989) 2941 (+866)
Signed off by NMR 5132 (+627) 4505 (+576) 3929 (+996) 2933 (+862)
Completed by contractor 9516 (+884) 8632 (+804) 7828 (+1892) 5936 (+925)
HERs validating records 74 (+4) 70 (+6) 64 (+5) 59 (+1)

The newly validating HERs are Bedford Borough, Colchester, Exeter City & St Albans. The Scilly Isles also began validating independent of Cornwall.

Status of records

Waiting for contractor to complete: 4378 (+460)
HER still to validate (record 1 month old): 3887 (+234)
Waiting for contractor to send report: 1682 (+217)
Reports attached to forms: 5814 (-156)
Waiting for HER to validate: 334 (+42)
Waiting for contractor to complete archive section: 37 (+1)
Signed off & complete: 5130 (+627)

Training update

Units: Bob Meeson, CG Archaeology, ASI, K. Sather, Winchelsea Arch Soc, Darkwright Archaeology, MRDA London, John Rutter, Chris Butler, Cambrian Arch Projects, Ironbridge Arch, AIL Hereford.

HERs: St Albans, Isles of Scilly, Surrey, Humberside, Bristol Museum, Dartmoor HER.


Mark Barratt, NMR Archives
13th October 2009

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