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OASIS III: Fifthteenth Monitoring Report April 2010

This monitoring report covers the period from October 2009 to April 2010, notable once more for increased use of the form by contractors and curators.

  April 2010 Oct 2009 April 2009 Dec 2008
Records in system 17375 (+1853) 15522 (+1579) 13943 (+1420) 12523 (+2658)
Signed off by HER 6575 (+1442) 5133 (+628) 4505 (+576) 3930 (+989)
Signed off by NMR 6572 (+1440) 5132 (+627) 4505 (+576) 3929 (+996)
Completed by contractor 10853 (+1337) 9516 (+884) 8632 (+804) 7828 (+1892)
HERs validating records 78 (+4) 74 (+4) 70 (+6) 64 (+5)

The newly validating HERs are Oxford City, EH Maritime, Tyne & Wear and Bucks.

Status of records

Waiting for contractor to complete: 4798 (+420)
HER still to validate (record 1 month old): 3652 (-235)
Waiting for contractor to send report: 1783 (+101)
Reports attached to forms: 7877 (+2063)
Waiting for HER to validate: 409 (+75)
Waiting for contractor to complete archive section: 84 (+47)
Signed off & complete: 6570 (+1440)

Training update

Units: Kathryn Sawyer, ACE Archaeology Club, Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, Bradford University Dept of Archaeological Sciences, Network Archaeology, Museum of London, Cornwall Unit.

HERs: Oxford City, Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol.


Mark Barratt, NMR Archives
16th April 2010

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