Curious how we picked the books for Of Mycenaean Men? In this article, we explain the development of that open educational resource (OER) and how we found the books for it. We hope learning about our process helps folks who like popular science and nonfiction find more archaeological data literacy related works for themselves.
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How to find awesome archaeological data literacy related comics
Have you ever wanted to use comics to learn about archaeology but weren’t sure how? Here, we explain where to start by describing the development of Tome Reader, an open educational resource (OER) that uses comics to cultivate archaeological data literacy.
How to use the Digital Collections of the NYPL
Welcome to another Sourcing Series segment presented by the Data Literacy Program (DLP) of the Alexandria Archive Institute. In this how-to article, we discuss how we’ve used the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections as a source for images to add to our Digital Data Stories and other materials. This is another follow-up article to […]
Of Mycenaean Men: The Public Archaeology Book Club
This exercise is best suited to those with an interest in defining data, understanding archaeological data, or discussing the impacts of archaeological data on modern society. Users should have some familiarity with group discussion or book clubs, but previous experience with data or archaeology is not required.
The Spring 2025 Reference Guide
We’re happy to announce the Data Literacy Program’s (DLP’s) Spring 2025 Reference Guide. Formerly known as the Table of Contents, this Version 3.0 of that document provides short introductions for all our Digital Data Stories.
Tome Reader: The AAI Reads Comics Book Club
This exercise is best suited to those with an interest in reading archaeology-related comics, exploring how to use visuals in archaeology, or discussing the impacts of archaeological data on current comic books. Users should have some familiarity with group discussion or book clubs, but previous experience with data, archaeology, or comics is not required.
