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http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk Holly Wright European Projects Manager IfA Glasgow 9-11 April, 2014 Navigating Collaborative European Projects in Archaeology

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Holly WrightEuropean Projects Manager

IfA Glasgow9-11 April, 2014

Navigating Collaborative

European Projects in

Archaeology

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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

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Introduction to the ADS

The Archaeology Data Service• Set up in 1996

• Based within the University of York

MissionSupporting 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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

production of digital publications

about archaeology

Members of the NEARCH project enjoying an

exhibition at project partner Le Centqatre.

Photo © Holly Wright

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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

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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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