The end of June has been a great time for articles by Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) staff, with new free to read and share publications in the open access journals Advances in Archaeological Practice and Internet Archaeology.
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How to use TASL attribution
Welcome to the Digital Data Stories of the Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context! In this Data Story Short, we contextualize our use of the Title-Author-Source-License (TASL) attribution system that Creative Commons (CC) suggests people use with CC licensed works. As an extension of the Sourcing Series, in this short we summarize and use examples […]
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 […]
Recap of the AAI at the SAAs
Did you miss us at the 2025 Society for American Archaeology meeting (SAAs) in Denver? No worries! In this article, we recap all the cool things that the Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI), Open Context, and the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) got up to at our booth and around the meetings.
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.
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.
