Becoming a contributor

Contributions are welcomed from institutions in all UK sectors who hold collections of value to education and research. Contributing to Archives Hub is free.

Find out more about the benefits of contributing.

How to become a contributor

Our small team is currently dealing with a large number of data requests and so it may be some time before we are able to onboard new contributors at scale. Please contact us to get a current estimate of the timescale for becoming a new contributor.

Please contact us to let us know you would like to contribute. If you are happy to go ahead we will send you a welcome email with details of the information we need from you to set up a repository page on Archives Hub.

It is worth applying for an Archon code if you do not already have one.

Ways to contribute

Please take a look at our Contributing page to find out more about the methods of contribution that we currently accept.

Data requirements

You may like to have a look at the Archives Hub data requirements, to see how they compare with your catalogue. The issues that tend to require your input are missing fields, particularly at the top level of a description (overall collection description).

Another fairly common issue is non-unique identifiers (references), which are required for every section of a description. You would need to revise these if you have duplicates.