Events and Activities
The staff of the Alexandria Archive Institute works to communicate and build collaborations with the professional community and public. Please check here to learn of AAI participation in events, speaking engadgements, and meetings.
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| Latest News: | |
| January 2006 | Sarah W Kansa, Assistant Director Sarah Kansa went to Phoenix, Arizona as an invited participant on a multi-university collaborative project, headed by Keith Kintigh (ASU) and funded by the National Science Foundation, seeking to encourage better data sharing in archaeology. Sarah demonstrated Open Context and represented the ICAZ Database task-force in discussions centering on the ASU’s project goals of developing a standard “ontology” for zooarchaeology. |
| Recent Activities : | |
| Jan 2006 | Beta-Launch of "Open Context" a web-browser accessible portal to explore ArchaeoML structured content. (Click here to explore) |
| Dec 2005 - Jan 2006 | Michael Ashley, ArchaeoCommons Launch of ArchaeoCommons and support of the 2006 Society for Historical Archaeology conference in Sacramento. ArchaeoCommons, an AAI sponsored group, provided digital services for the 2006 SHA Conference. (Click here to explore) |
| Nov 2005 | Jeanne Lopiparo, Dir. Interface/Design (AAI/ArchaeoCommons) Jeanne Lopiparo discussed AnthroCommons in the plenary session, “The Health of Scholarly Communication in the Discipline,” at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. AnthroCommons was identified by the NCA as an example of how innovative digital technologies might be utilized to encourage faster, better and cheaper publication in academia. |
| Nov 2005 | Launch of AAI's digital support services for the International Council for Archaeozoology's conference in Mexico City (2006). The AAI is providing online conference registration, e-commerce, and web-development services. In addition, the AAI will provide ICAZ members with a service, BoneCommons developed from AnthroCommons, that will enhance the research and educational value of the 2006 conference by enabling open access to conference presentations. |
| Oct 2005 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director Publication of "Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Expanding Access to Scientific Data" in the International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 12, Num. 3. (Click here to download a self-archived version)This paper, coauthored with Jason Schultz (EFF) and Ahrash Bissell (Duke), discusses incentive issues for sharing field research as well as potential licensing strategies to better recognize the interests of cultural heritage stakeholders. |
| Sept 2005 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director Publication of "A community approach to data integration" (Geosphere Vol. 1, Num. 2). This paper discusses the ArchaeoML data structure, its application, and theoretical value. |
| Sept 2005 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director Presentation at the "Advancing the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Open Education" conference in Logan Utah. Click here to view the presentation. Click here for the pod cast. |
| June 2005 | Demonstration of ArchaeoML-based databases for the Microcosms Project, a system-wide survey of University of California of material collections. |
| March 2005 | Turning Data Into Knowledge: Moving Primary Field Data to an Open Knowledge Commons (Forum at the SAA Annual Meeting), Salt Lake City, UT. |
| Nov 2004 | Building a "Cultural Heritage Commons", Incentives and Equity Meeting hosted by the Alexandria Archive Institute, San Francisco, CA. |
| Sept 2004 | Hewlett Foundation Open Content. (Meeting), Menlo Park, CA. |
| July 2004 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director Digital Preservation and Access: Building a Future for the Past. Lecture presented to the Livermore Rotary Club, Livermore, CA. |
| June 2004 | Sarah W Kansa, Assistant Director Goddesses, Ancestor Cults, and the Origins of Civilization Lecture presented to the Metropolitan Club, San Francisco, CA. |
| May 2004 | Intellectual Property, Cultural Heritage and Open Dissemination Meeting hosted by the Alexandria Archive Institute, Conference room of Deloitte and Touche, LLP, San Francisco, CA. |
| May 2004 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director A Cultural Commons and the Past: Intellectual Property and Archaeology. Lecture presented to the Congress of Cultural Atlases: The Human Record, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. |
| May 2004 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director A Future for the Past: Stewardship, Access, and Digital Archaeology. Lecture presented to the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. |
| April 2004 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director Digital Documentation in Context: ArchaeoML and Scalable Databases for Publication. Lecture presented at the Digital Documentation Workshop, Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference, Prato, Italy. |
| April 2004 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director Open Knowledge and Heritage: Moving the Past to the Cultural Commons. Lecture presented at the Reuters Digital Vision Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. |
| Sept 2003 | Eric Kansa, Executive Director The Silk Road Network of Ancient Bactria and Digital Networks of Today. Lecture presented to the Silk Road Foundation Lecture Series, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. (Click here for a short article version) |
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