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Antiquarians in the 21st Century: Opening up our data
Emma Jane O’Riordan - ScARF Project ManagerErin Osborne Martin- Managing Editor of the
Society of Antiquaries
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TH3-03 : Open Access & Open Data in Archaeology
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The Antiquaries: A Brief History
• Founded in 1780 • Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1783• The Society’s purpose is “to investigate both antiquities and natural and civil
history in general, with the intention that the talents of mankind should be cultivated and that the study of natural and useful sciences should be promoted.”
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www.socantscot.org
The Society and the ADS
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www.socantscot.org
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 38 (2009)
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 48 (2011)
Gazetteer of Arran Pitchstone Sources: Presentation of exposed pitchstone dykes and sills across the Isle of Arran, and discussion of the archaeological relevance of these outcrops
Aeolian Archaeology: the Archaeology of Sand Landscapes in Scotland: Selected case-studies, originally given as spoken papers at a Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Specialist Seminar, hosted by Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, May 2004
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 38 (2009)
Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland’s First Settlers project 1998– 2004
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Society Publications Timeline
1793 – The Proceedings
1982 – First monograph published
1999 – PSAS Scanning
project begins
2001 – First issue of Scottish
Archaeological Internet Reports
Go-Digital Pilot Project
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Moving to Open Access
Print as % of PSAS costs
Printing Distribution Everything else
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That’s great, but…
How do we talk about this to ourFellows?• Benefits for authors• Benefits for researchers• Benefits for the community
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Pilot project
• Out-of-print books (fewer than 30)• Already digitized• Small scale, but also complex content• Creating methodology for future expansion
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What do we need?
• Book/article-level DOIs • Search functionality• Links to CANMORE
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What do we want? (aka: Phases 2 through infinity)
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A book by any other name?Introducing… the Smellie Collection
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Thank you!
[email protected]@socantscot.org
@EKOsborneMartin@ScARFhub
www.scottishheritagehub.com