Since Open Context launched in 2006, it has published over 2.2 million records from nearly 200 projects and sub-projects, representing the work of more than 1,600 scholars working in 100 countries in all inhabited continents, as well as data from “off world” sites like the International Space Station! As of December 2024, these 2.2 million […]
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Archaeological Data Literacy and Maps
Recently, the Data Literacy Program’s (DLP’s) Paulina Przystupa gave a guest lecture on historical maps. While the DLP talks a lot about archaeological data, we often default to data tables as their main format. We allude to other kinds of structured data (such as sentences and citations) but an important type of structured data that […]
Act 15: Simmering Stories
It was a quiet summer here in the Data Literacy Program section of the Alexandria Archive Institute’s (AAI’s) News page. Although we shared a lot of our Sourcing Series segments early in the summer, we took a short break after that. But, behind the scenes, we’ve got a lot of Data Stories work simmering.
Workshop Explores the Intersection of Technology, Ethics, and Cultural Heritage Data
The Advancing FAIR+CARE Practices in Cultural Heritage project was funded in 2023 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to address the challenges between two key data management frameworks: CARE (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics) and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The project seeks to bring these principles together by developing […]
New Book Promotes Linking and Reuse of Archaeological Data
The following announcement is reposted from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota’s September 2, 2024 post by Bill Caraher, New Book Day: Corinthian Countrysides. It is our pleasure to announce the publication of David Pettegrew’s Corinthian Countrysides: Linked Open Data and Analysis from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey. This book presents the history, methods, […]
Act 14: Stories Gaining Steam
Although we only recently published Act 13, it’s already time for Act 14, which means another quarterly report from the Data Literacy Program (DLP). We filled this quarter with a flurry of activities. From presentations online and in person to Data Stories getting commentary and getting published, these stories are gaining steam!
