Introduction: Long-term preservation and access: Where is an archive for my data?
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The document discusses the development of repositories for archaeological data and the unique requirements of archiving such data compared to other humanities fields. It reports on the current state and challenges of long-term data preservation in European countries, highlighting examples from Austria and Germany. Furthermore, it emphasizes the benefits of having national archives for increased research efficiency and proposes considerations for effective data curation.
Introduction: Long-term preservation and access: Where is an archive for my data?
- 1. ARIADNE is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme Roundtable Long-term preservation and access: Where is an archive for my data? CHNT 2016, Vienna, 16/11/2016 Edeltraud Aspöck and Guntram Geser OREA ÖAW / Salzburg Research
- 2. Roundtable questions • How have repositories for archaeological data been developed, e.g. political, organizational and other drivers (exemplary cases from different European countries)? • How is archaeological data different to data in the other humanities and hence has ‘special’ requirements? • What options are there for long-term archiving of archaeological data if there is no appropriate national archive?
- 3. Short presentations • Edeltraud ASPÖCK | Guntram GESER, Austria: Introduction: Long-term preservation and access: Where is an archive for my data? • Reiner GÖLDNER, Germany: Small Solutions for Small Institutions – Steps Towards Archiving and Preservation of Digital Data • Felix SCHÄFER | Maurice HEINRICH, Germany: IANUS on the road – building a national research data center in Germany
- 4. Introduction Long-term preservation and access: Where is an archive for my data? Edeltraud ASPÖCK and Guntram GESER OREA ÖAW / Salzburg Research
- 5. A Scenario/1 Archaeologists working in Europe 33,000 (DISCO estimate 2014) 1 digital archive for archaeol. reseseach data per EU28+ country Staff/archive: ~10 ADS* (UK): 14 IANUS (Germany): 9 DANS E-Depot Archaeology* (NL): 6 FTE of 43 tDAR (USA): 7 DISCO - Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe: Transnational Report, 2014. 300 (~1%) could manage the data that is relevant to curate for long-term access in Europe Metadata harvested into ARIADNE Registry/Portal Cross-archive search & access * Domain-specific (also others), mandated, Data Seal of Approval,… Cost/project: 1-3% of total, depending on type of investigation and data generated Other users, world- wide Other data sources
- 6. A Scenario/2 • 1 digital archive for archaeological research data per country • Reasonable? – it works in the Netherlands and UK • Beneficial? – State-of-the-art/best practices, centre of expertise/training, community building – Reliable environment for data publication, (re-)use and citation, – Cost-effectiveness of data curation and access (e.g. economies of scale), – ADS: increase in research efficiency of the users has been calculated to be worth at least 5 times the costs of data deposit, operation and use; including other advantages £ 1 investment in ADS yields up to £ 8.30 return (Beagrie & Houghton 2013) • Doubts?: – „that will never happen in Italy“, a senior researcher of an CNR institute – …
- 7. An archaeologist’s wish list I wish data archiving to be… • straightforward • with clear guidelines • cost-efficient • a means to an end: preserve data for reuse & make accessible for researchers In reality there is... • no obvious choice of archive • need to turn abroad • in most cases, yes • data only partly accessible, dispersed
- 8. Solutions • National data archives for archaeology (or national archive with archaeology department): support, somewhere to go to, no language barriers, community. • Sub-disciplines in archaeology use one archive: e.g. archive for eastern Mediterranean archaeology, scientific datasets.
- 9. References • ARIADNE (2015): Preliminary Innovation Agenda and Action Plan. Project deliverable 2.3, November 2015, http://www.ariadne- infrastructure.eu/Resources (see chapter 5: Data archives and curation of archaeological data) • Aspöck E. & Masur A. (2015): Archiving archaeological data in Austria http://de.slideshare.net/ariadnenetwork/archiving-archaeological-data-in- austria-edeltraud-aspck-anja-masur-oreaaw • Beagrie N. & Houghton J. (2013): The value and impact of the Archaeology Data Service. A study and methods for enhancing sustainability. Final Report, Charles Beagrie Ltd and Victoria University, September 2013, http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5509/1/ADSReport_final.pdf • DISCO - Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe (2014): Transnational Report. York Archaeological Trust, November 2014, http://www.discovering- archaeologists.eu/national_reports/2014/transnational_report.pdf
- 10. . ARIADNE is a project funded by the European Commission under the Community’s Seventh Framework Programme, contract no. FP7- INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1-313193. The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.