The Alexandria Archive Institute

THE ALEXANDRIA ARCHIVE INSTITUTE WILL LEAD A NETWORK OF CULTURAL HERITAGE STAKEHOLDERS TO INVESTIGATE, DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE, AND PROMOTE MORE EQUITABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE DATA CURATION PRACTICES. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT AIMS TO RECONCILE THE APPARENT SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN TWO HIGHLY REGARDED DATA MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES: CARE (COLLECTIVE BENEFIT, AUTHORITY TO CONTROL, RESPONSIBILITY, AND ETHICS) AND FAIR (FINDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, AND REUSE). THE PARTICIPATION NETWORK INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM LIBRARIES; MUSEUMS; DATA REPOSITORIES; PUBLIC, COMMERCIAL, AND NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS; AS WELL AS INDIGENOUS HERITAGE REPRESENTATIVES. PARTICIPANTS WILL MEET TWICE IN-PERSON AND MORE FREQUENTLY IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS OF THREE THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS TO EXPLORE ALIGNMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WITH INDIGENOUS AND OTHER DESCENDANT COMMUNITY NEEDS. THIS PROJECT WILL ADVANCE THE CAPACITY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS TO CURATE DATA DOCUMENTING THE HISTORIES, LANDSCAPES, AND CULTURES OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN AN ETHICALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

EXPANDING AND SUSTAINING AN OPEN FUTURE FOR THE PAST: DATA LITERACY AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING IN DIGITAL HERITAGE

BEYOND MANAGEMENT: DATA CURATION AS SCHOLARSHIP IN ARCHAEOLOGY

OPEN CONTEXT: SUSTAINING A COLLABORATIVE DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY -DATA PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF 21ST CENTURY SCIENCE. THIS PROJECT EXPLORES WAY OF ORGANIZING AND SHARING ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH DATA TO BETTER ADDRESS RESEARCH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN PAST, INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AND ALIGN WITH ETHICAL BEST PRACTICES. OPEN CONTEXT, LAUNCHED IN 2006, HAS EMERGED AS A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED PLATFORM FOR THE REVIEW, CURATION, AND PUBLICATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA DOCUMENTING EXCAVATIONS, SURVEYS, AND COLLECTIONS RESEARCH WORLDWIDE. WITH OVER TWO MILLION RECORDS FROM 191 PROJECTS ACROSS 94 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING 173,000 IMAGES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, OPEN CONTEXT PRESERVES INVALUABLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS USING OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES AND OPEN STANDARDS. DATA PRESERVATION IS NOT MERELY A COMPLIANCE ISSUE; IT INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING CROSS-CULTURAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES AND CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES. OPEN CONTEXT PLACES A STRONG EMPHASIS ON INTELLECTUAL INVESTMENT IN DATA. IT PROVIDES SERVICES THAT TRANSFORM RAW DATA INTO INTELLIGIBLE AND USEFUL INFORMATION, ENSURING THEIR VALUE AND RELEVANCE TO BOTH SCHOLARS AND THE PUBLIC. ARCHAEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE GROWS BY SYNTHESIZING EVIDENCE ACCUMULATED OVER MANY YEARS OF FIELD RESEARCH BY MANY INVESTIGATORS. OPEN CONTEXT HELPS MAKE THIS VAST BODY OF MATERIAL MORE ACCESSIBLE AND USEFUL. THIS PROJECT SUSTAINS AND ENHANCES OPEN CONTEXTS'S DATA CURATION SERVICES TO ENABLE SCIENTIFIC DATA TO BE REUSED WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE AND TO MEET EVOLVING ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH NEEDS. THE INVESTIGATORS MAKE TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE THE SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF OPEN CONTEXT?S INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT FOR SERVICES THAT PROMOTE GREATER SCIENTIFIC CONFIDENCE IN THE PROVENANCE AND AUTHENTICITY OF DATA. OPEN CONTEXT?S EDITORIAL TEAM CURATE AND PUBLISH GROUPS OF THEMATICALLY RELATED ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATASETS THAT HAVE A HIGH REUSE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT NEW RESEARCH ON TOPICS AS DIVERSE AS ANCIENT TRADE AND EXCHANGE SYSTEMS AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS. THIS WORK CHAMPIONS ETHICALLY AND CONTEXTUALLY APPROPRIATE APPROACHES TO OPEN ACCESS AND OPEN DATA AND ADDRESSES CRITICAL NEEDS IN THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE DATA. OPEN CONTEXT DATA CURATION CONTRIBUTIONS SEE INCREASING DEMAND AND IMPACTS AS COMPUTATIONAL METHODS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, ESPECIALLY AS INTEREST IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GROWS. THIS INITIATIVE ENSURES THE PLATFORM'S CONTINUED IMPACT IN BOTH SCHOLARLY AND PUBLIC SPHERES WHILE ADVANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND INNOVATIONS TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC DATA MORE VALUED AND BENEFICIAL TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

APPLYING LINKED OPEN DATA: REFINING A MODEL OF DATA SHARING AS PUBLICATION

ENHANCING HUMANITIES RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY IN A COLLABORATIVE DATA SHARING ENVIRONMENT

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

NETWORKING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA AND COMMUNITIES [DIGITAL DATA INCREASINGLY INFORM HOW COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT AND PAST. TO MAKE THESE UNDERSTANDINGS MORE DEMOCRATIC AND ACCOUNTABLE, THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY NEEDS TO MAKE DATA, AND THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE SENSE OF DATA, MORE BROADLY ACCESSIBLE. NETWORKING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA AND COMMUNITIES BUILDS ON OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA PUBLISHING AND DATA LITERACY INSTRUCTION BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS WHO REPRESENT AND SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPANTS WILL BRIDGE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF DATA. THEY WILL DEVELOP ETHICALLY APPROPRIATE DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS, PREPARE DATA FOR PUBLICATION, BEGIN DEVELOPING PUBLIC-FACING DIGITAL PROJECTS OR PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO AN OPEN ACCESS DATA LITERACY FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS PRACTICE GUIDE. THUS, THIS INSTITUTE WILL CATALYZE COLLABORATIVE OUTCOMES AND THOSE DRIVEN BY THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS.]

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DISCIPLINARY IMPROVEMENTS FOR PAST GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH: CONNECTING DATA SYSTEMS AND PRACTITIONERS -THE GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY BRIDGES A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AREAS WHICH USE A WIDE VARIETY OF PALEOCLIMATIC, GEOCHEMICAL, PALEOBIOLOGICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS. THIS RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK SUPPORTS GROUPS OF INVESTIGATORS TO COMMUNICATE, INNOVATE, COORDINATE, AND STANDARDIZE RESEARCH PRACTICES, TRAINING, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ACROSS DISCIPLINARY, ORGANIZATIONAL, GEOGRAPHIC AND INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES. COMMUNITY CURATED DATA RESOURCES (CCDRS) IN THE PALEOECOLOGICAL, CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL, PALEOCLIMATIC, AND ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES WILL BE IMPROVED THROUGH THREE AIMS: 1) IMPROVING INTEROPERABILITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY BY DEVELOPING GUIDANCE FOR INTEROPERABILITY AMONG LONG-TAIL CCDRS AND PROMOTING ADOPTION OF COMMON METADATA STANDARDS AND FAIR (FINDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, AND REUSABILITY) DATA PRINCIPLES, 2) FOSTERING DATA CURATION AND STEWARDSHIP BY PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES IN DATA SCIENCE, CURATION, AND STEWARDSHIP, PARTICULARLY FOR EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS, 3) SUPPORTING EQUITY AND IMPROVING DEMOCRATIZATION AND ACCESS TO SCIENCE BY PROMOTING THE LEARNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CARE (COLLECTIVE BENEFIT, AUTHORITY TO CONTROL, RESPONSIBILITY, AND ETHICS) PRINCIPLES IN DISCIPLINARY DATA RESOURCES. COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO FURTHER THESE AIMS THROUGH ANNUAL IN-PERSON SYMPOSIA AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THE OPEN MODERN ART COLLECTION OF IRAQ: WEB TOOLS FOR DOCUMENTING, SHARING AND ENRICHING IRAQI ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS