If you’re looking for some new publications from Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) staff, check out the November 2024 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record. This magazine is a five-times-a-year publication by the Society for American Archaeology and the November issue includes articles by AAI staff and many others working to improve accessibility in field school […]
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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.
Introduction to Citation and Attribution
In this Sourcing Series article, we introduce the concepts of citation and attribution. Citation and attribution are important ways that we connect ideas, media, and knowledge to their originators or owners. Or at least to the sources that we found them from.
Creative Commons Basics
Welcome back to the Sourcing Series! In this segment, we’re introducing readers to Creative Commons licenses. These are online and easy-to-use licenses that clearly outline the possible uses of a material based on rightsholders’ preferences.
Basics of Public Domain
Welcome back to the Sourcing Series. Today we’re introducing readers to the basics of public domain. Public domain is one property rights status that clearly outlines the possible uses of a material.
