May 2008: Grey literature library reaches 2000 reports The ADS is pleased to announce that the Unpublished Fieldwork Reports (Grey Literature Library) has now broken through the 2000 report mark. This milestone was reached as the result of 650 new additions in the last few months. This latest batch of reports includes 84 from Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service and 56 from Northamptonshire Archaeology. In addition a number of archaeological contractors are newly represented including Oxford Archaeology North, Cotswold Archaeology and Allen Archaeological Associates as well as Rathmell Archaeology, AOC Archaeology Group and Headland Archaeology from Scotland.

April 2008: Stone Age Mekrou Valley archive released The ADS and the British Academy are pleased to announce the release of the Stone Age Occupation of the Mekrou Valley archive by Vicky Winton and Oumarou Ide. In December 2004, an interdisciplinary, international, archaeological team conducted fieldwork in the Mekrou Valley of southwest Niger. This archive contains images and measurements of finds as well as a report, which covers the context of the research, regional geography, and previous research in the area as well as the results and conclusions of the 2004 fieldwork.

April 2008: Major Environmental Archaeology Bibliography update The ADS and English Heritage are pleased to announce the release of a major update to the Environmental Archaeology Bibliography. This update means the online database now contains information on over 11,000 sites and over 21,000 individual specialist reports. The data remains available as an online database searchable via a web interface. This is a significant enhancement to a resource that has already established itself as being of critical value to environmental archaeologists, as well as to archaeological researchers more generally.

April 2008: AHRC funding for ADS confirmed The ADS are pleased to announce the completion of an agreement for continued funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). As you may have heard AHRC decided to withdraw funding from AHDS from March 2008. However, the ADS were simultaneously invited by the AHRC to apply for continued support. This support was agreed in January 2008. As a result AHRC funded depositors in the archaeology subject area will continue to access our full range of services in the normal way, and we are looking forward to continuing to carry out our role in support of research on behalf of AHRC.