Digital Antiquity staff often get requests for information on curating, preserving and accessing digital archaeological material, and we try to share as much of our knowledge as possible through our blog, online seminars and in person workshops. Inspired by a recent conversation on Twitter, we thought we’d share resources we’ve put together and that people interested in these topics will find helpful.
Contributors to tDAR’s blog have addressed issues regarding curation, preservation and access in the selection of blog posts below:
- Dissertations in the Digital Age – Keeping Dissertation Data Alive
- Don’t Delay! The Importance of Good Digital Curation Now!
- Get Credit for Your Data: Publishing Peer-reviewed Data Papers with tDAR
Digital Antiquity and the Archaeological Data Service have also produced guidance on good practices for caring for digital archaeological data:
If you would like to learn more about curation, preservation and access for archaeology we encourage you to sign up for one of our workshops or online seminars offered through the Society for American Archaeology:
- Best Practices for the Curation of Digital Archaeological Data and Information
- Faunal Data Entry and Integration in tDAR
- Introduction to Digital Repositories for Archaeological Materials: tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record)
Do you have a specific question or topic you think we should explore? Feel free to leave a comment! Register for SAA 2015 Annual Meeting and sign up for our in person workshops. If you have already registered you can always log in and edit your registration through the SAA website. In addition to the workshops our staff are giving papers and posters and will be on hand in the exhibit hall all week. We hope to see you there!