HOME - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares world heritage on the Web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research, and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to open up archaeology and related fields for all. Opening the Past, Inspiring the Future WHAT WE DO: OPEN TECHNOLOGIES, ADVOCACY,

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The Alexandria Archive Institute is a recipient of a Google Ad Grants award. The Google Ad Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google’s philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Ad Grants is an in-kind advertising program HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The online collections search activity would be the perfect opportunity to discuss why objects from ancient Iraq are now on display in the British Museum, for example. An activity like this would require a guideline for students because 1) not every museum has objects from Mesopotamia, 2) every museum has a different online

collections search.

OPEN CONTEXT

Open Context is a free, open access resource for the Web publication of primary field research from archaeology and related disciplines. It made its debut in 2006 as a means for scholars and students to easily find and reuse content created by others – key to advancing research

and education.

ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE GET INVOLVED. There are many ways to get involved with the global ICAZ community. Joining ICAZ is the first step.ICAZ members meet every four years at ICAZ international conferences and take part in one or several working groups, which are smaller groups focused on specific aspects of archaeozoology. ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE Zooarchaeology-Related Publications. ICAZ sponsors a collaborative bibiographic database of zooarchaeology related publications. ICAZ members are welcome to add publications to this database via the ICAZ Zotero Group.The bibliographic resources searchable below are automatically drawn from data contributed to this Zotero Group. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE ASWAaa Group picture, Nicosia - Cyprus in 2017. The Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA) Working Group was formed during the 1990 ICAZ International Conference in RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of OPEN CONTEXT, DATA SHARING AND ARCHAEOLOGY AN OPEN CONTEXT Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology 188 Near easterN archaeology 70:4 (2007) An Open Context for Near Eastern Archaeology Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa, and Jason M. Schultz HOME - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares world heritage on the Web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research, and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to open up archaeology and related fields for all. Opening the Past, Inspiring the Future WHAT WE DO: OPEN TECHNOLOGIES, ADVOCACY,

OUR COMMUNITY

The Alexandria Archive Institute is a recipient of a Google Ad Grants award. The Google Ad Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google’s philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Ad Grants is an in-kind advertising program HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The online collections search activity would be the perfect opportunity to discuss why objects from ancient Iraq are now on display in the British Museum, for example. An activity like this would require a guideline for students because 1) not every museum has objects from Mesopotamia, 2) every museum has a different online

collections search.

OPEN CONTEXT

Open Context is a free, open access resource for the Web publication of primary field research from archaeology and related disciplines. It made its debut in 2006 as a means for scholars and students to easily find and reuse content created by others – key to advancing research

and education.

ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE GET INVOLVED. There are many ways to get involved with the global ICAZ community. Joining ICAZ is the first step.ICAZ members meet every four years at ICAZ international conferences and take part in one or several working groups, which are smaller groups focused on specific aspects of archaeozoology. ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE Zooarchaeology-Related Publications. ICAZ sponsors a collaborative bibiographic database of zooarchaeology related publications. ICAZ members are welcome to add publications to this database via the ICAZ Zotero Group.The bibliographic resources searchable below are automatically drawn from data contributed to this Zotero Group. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE ASWAaa Group picture, Nicosia - Cyprus in 2017. The Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA) Working Group was formed during the 1990 ICAZ International Conference in RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of OPEN CONTEXT, DATA SHARING AND ARCHAEOLOGY AN OPEN CONTEXT Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology 188 Near easterN archaeology 70:4 (2007) An Open Context for Near Eastern Archaeology Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa, and Jason M. Schultz ABOUT THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) is a non-profit entity working to improve research and teaching through innovative uses of the Web. Our work aims for greater breadth and depth of scholarly understanding: breadth resulting from open accessibility; and depth from the sharing of primary content, information that rarely sees dissemination. This promotes transparency in the THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFIERS IN TRACKING OBJECT LIFE Archaeology produces a wide variety of data that are documented at different scales and in diverse formats. The data collected during excavation ranges from written descriptions in notebooks to 3D models of trenches to counts of lithic and ceramic types. Subsequent analyses range from thousands of detailed observations on faunal remains, microscopic plant remains, stable RESOURCES - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE This pedagogical resource provides examples of learning activities based on online museum collections and resources, particularly for online education. How to search online museum collections: A video guide for students, educators, and other curious searchers. Watch the video here. Find the transcript to the video here. Download the printable worksheet here. How to find public WHO ARE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS FOR? Online museum collections databases are often not. Museum collections databases are initially designed with specialized users in mind, mainly the museum staff and researchers. In many instances, the database that the museum staff keeps and uses for their own purposes is made public online. When transferred online, sensitive information

is often

SUSTAINABILITY, COLLABORATION, & NETWORK BUILDING In January 2021, the AAI launched a new Sustainability, Collaboration, & Network Building Project with a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities through AAI’s current NEH Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant. The aim of this project is to develop institutional partnerships with libraries, museums MY YEAR OF VIRTUAL CONFERENCES My Year of Virtual Conferences. May 6, 2021 by Sarah Kansa. The AAI’s “video call bingo” 2020 holiday card. The lockdown that began in March 2020 was followed by a lull in professional interactions as we all waited to find out what was next. As it became clear we were not going to travel or meet in person anytime soon,

professional

LITERACY = PEOPLE

Literacy = People. April 9, 2021 by Meghan Dennis. In the Digital Data Stories project, we spend a lot of time thinking about people. This may seem odd, as our current work involves a lot of numbers and a lot of cow bones, but at the heart of it, our work is fundamentally about people. This is because literacy is fundamentally about people.

OPEN CONTEXT

Open Context is a free, open access resource for the Web publication of primary field research from archaeology and related disciplines. It made its debut in 2006 as a means for scholars and students to easily find and reuse content created by others – key to advancing research

and education.

DATA STORIES, CHARACTER SHEETS, AND...COWS? Welcome to the Digital Data Stories blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we discuss our ongoing digital data literacy project, the goal of which is to promote easier use of digital open data by students, researchers, and the FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: HOME - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares world heritage on the Web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research, and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to open up archaeology and related fields for all. Opening the Past, Inspiring the Future WHAT WE DO: OPEN TECHNOLOGIES, ADVOCACY, M IS FOR MUSEUMS: TEACHING WITH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS M is for Museums: Teaching with Online Museum Collections. January 19, 2021 by Pinar Durgun. Welcome to the Digging Digital Museum Collections blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we explore user experiences

with online

HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The online collections search activity would be the perfect opportunity to discuss why objects from ancient Iraq are now on display in the British Museum, for example. An activity like this would require a guideline for students because 1) not every museum has objects from Mesopotamia, 2) every museum has a different online

collections search.

DIGITAL MUSEUM RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS You can read the transcript of the video here or turn on closed captioning on Youtube.. Using digital data from the Met collection, students at Parsons School of Design created beautiful data visualizations and data stories, because the Met’s Open Access allows for such file use and sharing (Fig.1). Dr. Martino informs me that the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and

LITERACY = PEOPLE

Literacy = People. April 9, 2021 by Meghan Dennis. In the Digital Data Stories project, we spend a lot of time thinking about people. This may seem odd, as our current work involves a lot of numbers and a lot of cow bones, but at the heart of it, our work is fundamentally about people. This is because literacy is fundamentally about people. ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE Zooarchaeology-Related Publications. ICAZ sponsors a collaborative bibiographic database of zooarchaeology related publications. ICAZ members are welcome to add publications to this database via the ICAZ Zotero Group.The bibliographic resources searchable below are automatically drawn from data contributed to this Zotero Group. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE COLLECTIONS unique identifier assigned to this artwork, so if you want to come back to this artwork without searching through results, note this number down and search for that in the collections search OPEN CONTEXT, DATA SHARING AND ARCHAEOLOGY AN OPEN CONTEXT Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology 188 Near easterN archaeology 70:4 (2007) An Open Context for Near Eastern Archaeology Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa, and Jason M. Schultz HOME - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares world heritage on the Web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research, and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to open up archaeology and related fields for all. Opening the Past, Inspiring the Future WHAT WE DO: OPEN TECHNOLOGIES, ADVOCACY, M IS FOR MUSEUMS: TEACHING WITH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS M is for Museums: Teaching with Online Museum Collections. January 19, 2021 by Pinar Durgun. Welcome to the Digging Digital Museum Collections blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we explore user experiences

with online

HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The online collections search activity would be the perfect opportunity to discuss why objects from ancient Iraq are now on display in the British Museum, for example. An activity like this would require a guideline for students because 1) not every museum has objects from Mesopotamia, 2) every museum has a different online

collections search.

DIGITAL MUSEUM RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS You can read the transcript of the video here or turn on closed captioning on Youtube.. Using digital data from the Met collection, students at Parsons School of Design created beautiful data visualizations and data stories, because the Met’s Open Access allows for such file use and sharing (Fig.1). Dr. Martino informs me that the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and

LITERACY = PEOPLE

Literacy = People. April 9, 2021 by Meghan Dennis. In the Digital Data Stories project, we spend a lot of time thinking about people. This may seem odd, as our current work involves a lot of numbers and a lot of cow bones, but at the heart of it, our work is fundamentally about people. This is because literacy is fundamentally about people. ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE Zooarchaeology-Related Publications. ICAZ sponsors a collaborative bibiographic database of zooarchaeology related publications. ICAZ members are welcome to add publications to this database via the ICAZ Zotero Group.The bibliographic resources searchable below are automatically drawn from data contributed to this Zotero Group. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE COLLECTIONS unique identifier assigned to this artwork, so if you want to come back to this artwork without searching through results, note this number down and search for that in the collections search OPEN CONTEXT, DATA SHARING AND ARCHAEOLOGY AN OPEN CONTEXT Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology 188 Near easterN archaeology 70:4 (2007) An Open Context for Near Eastern Archaeology Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa, and Jason M. Schultz ABOUT THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) is a non-profit entity working to improve research and teaching through innovative uses of the Web. Our work aims for greater breadth and depth of scholarly understanding: breadth resulting from open accessibility; and depth from the sharing of primary content, information that rarely sees dissemination. This promotes transparency in the RESOURCES - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE This pedagogical resource provides examples of learning activities based on online museum collections and resources, particularly for online education. How to search online museum collections: A video guide for students, educators, and other curious searchers. Watch the video here. Find the transcript to the video here. Download the printable worksheet here. How to find public

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The Alexandria Archive Institute is a recipient of a Google Ad Grants award. The Google Ad Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google’s philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Ad Grants is an in-kind advertising program PEOPLE - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE Staff Executive Director Sarah Whitcher Kansa As Executive Director of the AAI, Sarah collaborates on projects that advance data publishing and data literacy in various archaeological and cultural heritage communities. She has a Ph.D. in archaeology (University of Edinburgh) and has spent more than 25 years conducting zooarchaeological research at sites in the Near East THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFIERS IN TRACKING OBJECT LIFE Archaeology produces a wide variety of data that are documented at different scales and in diverse formats. The data collected during excavation ranges from written descriptions in notebooks to 3D models of trenches to counts of lithic and ceramic types. Subsequent analyses range from thousands of detailed observations on faunal remains, microscopic plant remains, stable SUSTAINABILITY, COLLABORATION, & NETWORK BUILDING In January 2021, the AAI launched a new Sustainability, Collaboration, & Network Building Project with a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities through AAI’s current NEH Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant. The aim of this project is to develop institutional partnerships with libraries, museums

OPEN CONTEXT

Open Context is a free, open access resource for the Web publication of primary field research from archaeology and related disciplines. It made its debut in 2006 as a means for scholars and students to easily find and reuse content created by others – key to advancing research

and education.

DATA STORIES, CHARACTER SHEETS, AND...COWS? Welcome to the Digital Data Stories blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we discuss our ongoing digital data literacy project, the goal of which is to promote easier use of digital open data by students, researchers, and the ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE GET INVOLVED. There are many ways to get involved with the global ICAZ community. Joining ICAZ is the first step.ICAZ members meet every four years at ICAZ international conferences and take part in one or several working groups, which are smaller groups focused on specific aspects of archaeozoology. WWW.ALEXANDRIAARCHIVE.ORG www.alexandriaarchive.org HOME - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares world heritage on the Web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research, and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to open up archaeology and related fields for all. Opening the Past, Inspiring the Future WHAT WE DO: OPEN TECHNOLOGIES, ADVOCACY, M IS FOR MUSEUMS: TEACHING WITH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS M is for Museums: Teaching with Online Museum Collections. January 19, 2021 by Pinar Durgun. Welcome to the Digging Digital Museum Collections blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we explore user experiences

with online

HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The online collections search activity would be the perfect opportunity to discuss why objects from ancient Iraq are now on display in the British Museum, for example. An activity like this would require a guideline for students because 1) not every museum has objects from Mesopotamia, 2) every museum has a different online

collections search.

THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFIERS IN TRACKING OBJECT LIFE Archaeology produces a wide variety of data that are documented at different scales and in diverse formats. The data collected during excavation ranges from written descriptions in notebooks to 3D models of trenches to counts of lithic and ceramic types. Subsequent analyses range from thousands of detailed observations on faunal remains, microscopic plant remains, stable DIGITAL MUSEUM RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS You can read the transcript of the video here or turn on closed captioning on Youtube.. Using digital data from the Met collection, students at Parsons School of Design created beautiful data visualizations and data stories, because the Met’s Open Access allows for such file use and sharing (Fig.1). Dr. Martino informs me that the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE Zooarchaeology-Related Publications. ICAZ sponsors a collaborative bibiographic database of zooarchaeology related publications. ICAZ members are welcome to add publications to this database via the ICAZ Zotero Group.The bibliographic resources searchable below are automatically drawn from data contributed to this Zotero Group. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE COLLECTIONS unique identifier assigned to this artwork, so if you want to come back to this artwork without searching through results, note this number down and search for that in the collections search OPEN CONTEXT, DATA SHARING AND ARCHAEOLOGY AN OPEN CONTEXT Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology 188 Near easterN archaeology 70:4 (2007) An Open Context for Near Eastern Archaeology Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa, and Jason M. Schultz HOME - THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares world heritage on the Web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research, and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to open up archaeology and related fields for all. Opening the Past, Inspiring the Future WHAT WE DO: OPEN TECHNOLOGIES, ADVOCACY, M IS FOR MUSEUMS: TEACHING WITH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS M is for Museums: Teaching with Online Museum Collections. January 19, 2021 by Pinar Durgun. Welcome to the Digging Digital Museum Collections blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we explore user experiences

with online

HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The online collections search activity would be the perfect opportunity to discuss why objects from ancient Iraq are now on display in the British Museum, for example. An activity like this would require a guideline for students because 1) not every museum has objects from Mesopotamia, 2) every museum has a different online

collections search.

THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFIERS IN TRACKING OBJECT LIFE Archaeology produces a wide variety of data that are documented at different scales and in diverse formats. The data collected during excavation ranges from written descriptions in notebooks to 3D models of trenches to counts of lithic and ceramic types. Subsequent analyses range from thousands of detailed observations on faunal remains, microscopic plant remains, stable DIGITAL MUSEUM RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS You can read the transcript of the video here or turn on closed captioning on Youtube.. Using digital data from the Met collection, students at Parsons School of Design created beautiful data visualizations and data stories, because the Met’s Open Access allows for such file use and sharing (Fig.1). Dr. Martino informs me that the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and ICAZ - ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE Zooarchaeology-Related Publications. ICAZ sponsors a collaborative bibiographic database of zooarchaeology related publications. ICAZ members are welcome to add publications to this database via the ICAZ Zotero Group.The bibliographic resources searchable below are automatically drawn from data contributed to this Zotero Group. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that: RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE COLLECTIONS unique identifier assigned to this artwork, so if you want to come back to this artwork without searching through results, note this number down and search for that in the collections search OPEN CONTEXT, DATA SHARING AND ARCHAEOLOGY AN OPEN CONTEXT Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology 188 Near easterN archaeology 70:4 (2007) An Open Context for Near Eastern Archaeology Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa, and Jason M. Schultz ABOUT THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE The Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) is a non-profit entity working to improve research and teaching through innovative uses of the Web. Our work aims for greater breadth and depth of scholarly understanding: breadth resulting from open accessibility; and depth from the sharing of primary content, information that rarely sees dissemination. This promotes transparency in the

OUR COMMUNITY

The Alexandria Archive Institute is a recipient of a Google Ad Grants award. The Google Ad Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google’s philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Ad Grants is an in-kind advertising program DIGITAL MUSEUM RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS You can read the transcript of the video here or turn on closed captioning on Youtube.. Using digital data from the Met collection, students at Parsons School of Design created beautiful data visualizations and data stories, because the Met’s Open Access allows for such file use and sharing (Fig.1). Dr. Martino informs me that the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and SUSTAINABILITY, COLLABORATION, & NETWORK BUILDING In January 2021, the AAI launched a new Sustainability, Collaboration, & Network Building Project with a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities through AAI’s current NEH Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant. The aim of this project is to develop institutional partnerships with libraries, museums

LITERACY = PEOPLE

Literacy = People. April 9, 2021 by Meghan Dennis. In the Digital Data Stories project, we spend a lot of time thinking about people. This may seem odd, as our current work involves a lot of numbers and a lot of cow bones, but at the heart of it, our work is fundamentally about people. This is because literacy is fundamentally about people. FIVE ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE IN Museums are currently including indigenous voices in the interpretation of their collections. Scholar and writer Paula Peters, in the Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, says that:

OPEN CONTEXT

Open Context is a free, open access resource for the Web publication of primary field research from archaeology and related disciplines. It made its debut in 2006 as a means for scholars and students to easily find and reuse content created by others – key to advancing research

and education.

DATA STORIES, CHARACTER SHEETS, AND...COWS? Welcome to the Digital Data Stories blog series! The Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context advocate for data sharing, data literacy, open access, and community collaborations. In this series, we discuss our ongoing digital data literacy project, the goal of which is to promote easier use of digital open data by students, researchers, and the RESOURCE 3 ESSENTIALS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS RESEARCH To avoid such pitfalls, please make sure to provide the following information when citing museum objects: a. Name/title of the artwork (in italics): The most appropriate way to cite the name or title of WWW.ALEXANDRIAARCHIVE.ORG www.alexandriaarchive.org * Skip to primary navigation * Skip to main content

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Earlier this year, two members of The Alexandria Archive team (AAI), Dr. Meghan Dennis and Dr. Leigh Anne Lieberman, were appointed Research Associates at University of California, Berkeley’s Archaeological Research Facility (or, the ARF). The ARF strives to encourage, facilitate,

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