Archäologieforum - Diskussionsforum - Thema: EAA 2014 in Istanbul (10.-14.Sept.): session on Open Access and Open Data in Archaeology (1/1)

"The European Science Foundation and other leading European research-funders have declared their support for the 'Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities': a far-reaching restructuring of scientific publishing in favour of open access will take place before the end of the current decade. In parallel, the infrastructure necessary for open data is being created and the political pressure to use it will increase. Many areas of the humanities in Europe, including archaeology, still find this a difficult step to take. At present, the majority of highly renowned journals continue to be published in the traditional way, and research data are still generally unpublished. At the same time, the early adopters of open access and open data are still battling with the problems of how to implement it in practice. This session will attempt to provide an up-to-date overview of open access and open data. We welcome papers from academics, projects and publishers interested in this issue. Archaeologists need to think one step ahead at this early stage: will the availability of open data change the nature of archaeological research and publication, and will it also impact the ways in which archaeologists engage with wider communities? Organized by (1) PD Dr. Frank Siegmund, Univ. Düsseldorf, Germany, (2) Prof. Dr. Julian D. Richards, Univ. York, UK"