[open-archaeology] World Archaeology special issue

Thu Dec 6 08:46:12 UTC 2012

Hi Ant

I'm extremely supportive as non-author but I think it should probably
be a decision to be taken by those who contributed.

Best

L.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Ant Beck <ant.beck at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK. I am making an assumption that everyone is supportive of this. It would
> be nice if we could make a big splash and host all the articles as
> pre-prints in one place (essentially an open mirror to the closed world)
> with a page that summarises the whole content with links to the full
> articles.
>
> If Steko agrees then I (or someone else) can contact Mark and the rest of
> the authors and co-ordinate this.
>
> Agree? Steko - your opinion as group co-ordinator?
>
> A
>
> On 05/12/12 22:01, Leif Isaksen wrote:
>>
>> And from me! Whatever the struggles with the publisher, this is an
>> important contribution so a hearty congratulations to Mark and all
>> concerned for putting it together.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> L.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Ant Beck <ant.beck at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05/12/12 18:06, Jessica Ogden wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 from me too! Many congrats to everyone on the publication.
>>>
>>> I'm looking forward to getting past the paywall and reading everyone's
>>> contributions to this very important, ongoing discussion.
>>>
>>> Me too. I'm an author and at an academic institution that does not
>>> subscribe
>>> to World Archaeology. The lack of open access, as Steko notes, was a
>>> major
>>> point of conversation.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Jess x
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Ant Beck <ant.beck at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +1 from me :-)
>>>>
>>>> A
>>>>
>>>> On 05/12/12 16:40, Stefano Costa wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>> as some of you may already know the current issue of World Archaeology
>>>>> is a special issue, edited by Mark Lake, dedicated to "Open
>>>>> Archaeology":
>>>>>
>>>>>          http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rwar20/44/4
>>>>>
>>>>> Most papers deal with open data, its creation, dissemination and use.
>>>>> I have had a chance to read preliminary versions of some papers and it
>>>>> is truly a state-of-the-art discussion of the potential, problems and
>>>>> established good practice in this field. As Mark puts it in the
>>>>> introduction to the volume, there has been a tendency for literature
>>>>> about open [data|access|source software] in archaeology to be confined
>>>>> to the realm of "archaeological computing" and it is only rarely that
>>>>> mainstream archaeology has a chance to learn about the ground-breaking
>>>>> developments we are collectively making. In this sense, the value of
>>>>> this work is going to be reflected also by the impact it will have on
>>>>> future archaeological work, globally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of the authors have expressed their discontent (or rather they
>>>>> are doing it right now as I write, in the twittersphere) for the
>>>>> contradiction of a volume on "open archaeology" that is not itself
>>>>> open (i.e. Open Access). Possibly some or all of the papers could be
>>>>> collected in pre-print form and re-published at our blog on the OKFN
>>>>> website. We will post any updates here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Congratulations again to all the authors!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ciao
>>>>> Stefano
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