Navigating Collaborative European Projects in Archaeology
IfA Glasgow 9-11 April, 2014
Holly Wright European Projects Manager
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Background
Marie Curie Research Fellow • Part of a European network of early career researchers in digital heritage
Research Manager • Managed research funding for the Department of Archaeology • Focussed on the European portfolio • Managed pre-award and post- award for: • ERC • COST Actions • Marie Curie Actions
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Introduction to the ADS
The Archaeology Data Service • Set up in 1996 • Based within the University of York
Mission Supporting research, learning and teaching with free, high quality and dependable digital resources • Digital preservation • Free access to data via the Internet • Guidance and support for data creators • Research and Development
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Completed European Projects
ARENA + ARENA2 • A partnership between six EU countries. Funded by the EU Culture 2000 programme • Goals: • To make selected European archaeological archives available online via a portal. • To run workshops on digital preservation and access issues. • To work together to research ways towards a European network for archaeological archives.
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Completed European Projects
VENUS • A project with 11 EU partners. Funded by EU Information Society Technologies • Goals: • To explore archaeology and underwater exploration, photogrammetry, virtual reality and digital data preservation. • The ADS role was to investigate archiving strategies, and the development of a Guide To Good Practice on managing marine archaeological data.
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Completed European Projects
ACE • A project with 12 EU partners. Funded by EU Culture Programme 2007-13 • Goals: • To promote contemporary archaeology at a European wide level by emphasising its cultural, scientific, and economic dimensions, including its manifold interest for the wider public. • The ADS role was coordination of the photographic exhibition, and the archiving and dissemination of the outputs
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Completed European Projects
CARARE • A best practice network between 29 EU partners. Funded by EU ICT Policy Support Programme • Goals: • To bring together heritage organisations across Europe to establish a service to make digital content discoverable within Europeana • The ADS used the service to make over 17,000 of our resources discoverable, including the Grey Lit Library, ERA, Image Bank and Virtual Amarna
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Current European Projects
LoCloud • A best practice network with 32 partners across 26 EU countries. Funded by EU Competitiveness and Innovation Framework • Goals: • Combine the methodology of CARARE with cloud technology to help smaller heritage organisations make their content discoverable within Europeana • ADS is the UK aggregator, and will provide more of our own metadata, and identify other organisations who might benefit
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Current European Projects
NEARCH •A project with 14 partners across 10 EU countries. Funded by the EU Culture Programme •Goals: • To explore different dimensions of public participation, and the significance of archaeological heritage within today’s Europe • ADS is working with the digital ‘Day of Archaeology’ to expand participation in Europe, developing mobile technologies, and contributing to the Members of the NEARCH project enjoying an exhibition at project partner Le Centqatre. production of digital publications Photo © Holly Wright about archaeology
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Current European Projects
ARIADNE • A project with 24 partners across 16 EU countries. Funded by the EU FP7 Infrastructures Programme • Goals: • To bring together and integrate existing archaeological data infrastructures, so researchers can use the datasets and new technologies as an integral component of their work • ADS is deputy coordinator, and will assess good practice, work with thesauri, semantic annotation and linking, NLP, and coordinating transnational access
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Conclusions
Conclusions •EU projects are messy, and everyone comes to them with different expectations •As much about learning to work together as they are about getting results •Those who work together and get good results are starting to gain a significant advantage over those who don’t (increasingly about what you do, not who you know) •When people share a pint, things get done!
Members of the LoCloud project enjoying a well earned pint after the plenary meeting in London. Photo © Holly Wright
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