In 2021, the Alexandria Archive Institute / Open Context, launched Digging up Data, a collaborative initiative in partnership with the American Society of Overseas Research Early Career Scholars Committee (ASOR ECS). The overwhelming interest in our pilot program encouraged us to team up again to promote data literacy and public scholarship among early career scholars. Under the […]
Networking Archaeological Data and Communities (NADAC): Applications Now Open
The Alexandria Archive Institute / Open Context (AAI/OC) is pleased to announce a call for applications for Networking Archaeological Data and Communities (NADAC), an NEH-funded Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. During virtual and in-person meetings over two years, participants in NADAC will bridge theoretical and practical aspects of data. Participants will have an opportunity to work […]
AAI/OC Receives NSF Grant for Collaborative Research Coordination Network
We are thrilled to announce Disciplinary Improvements for Past Global Change Research: Connecting Data Systems and Practitioners, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Network (FAIROS RCN) funded initiative to advance ethical scientific practices in the use of paleoecological, contemporary ecological, paleoclimatic, and archaeological data. Our overarching aim is […]
AAI/OC Receives NEH Grant to lead an Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities has approved an award of $240,312 in support of The Alexandria Archive Institute/Open Context’s (AAI/OC) Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, entitled Networking Archaeological Data and Communities. This project builds on our long-term efforts to make data publishing more inclusive and more consistent with professional standards of […]
Partner Highlight: Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
Welcome to The Sustainability Sandbox blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context (AAI/OC) advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we share the story of our journey to identify and develop digital data management, public engagement, and data literacy projects with potential partner institutions. We want […]
Assessing Our Work
Welcome to The Sustainability Sandbox blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we share the story of our journey to identify and develop digital data management, public engagement, and data literacy projects with potential partner institutions. If you’ve been […]