[open-archaeology] World Archaeology special issue

Thu Dec 6 08:48:51 UTC 2012

Apologies...

Inner-monologue didn't make it to page. The original should have read -

If Steko agrees then I (or someone else) can contact Mark and the rest of
the authors, suggest this and co-ordinate any response.

A
On 06/12/12 08:46, Leif Isaksen wrote:
> 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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