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 […]
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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.
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!
Act 13: Stories in Storage
New year, new goals! With three months of 2024 completed, (and a bit more by the time this blog’s come out!) it’s time for the Data Literacy Program (DLP)’s quarterly report blog. There’s been a lot going on, so let’s summarize all that we accomplished in the first quarter of the year.
