A paper by @joeroe and I has finally been published in Internet Archaeology! https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.13

The paper investigates the collaborative experiences involved in archaeological open source software development, looking how archaeologists create these tools as part of a broader community of practice

#OpenSource #OpenScience #OpenArchaeology #STS

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How profitable are museum picture libraries and how does their business model intersect with museums’ public missions?

https://douglasmccarthy.com/2024/07/balancing-access-and-income/

#digitalstrategy#museums#licensing#copyright #openaccess

JOB ALERT! 📢
We're ready to recruit for this post again, and we couldn't be more excited. ✨
Do you have experience with OCR and HTR technologies? Have you embedded these or other processes into wider operational workflows? Do you LOVE historical collections? Then this job vacancy could be perfect for you. Come and work with us at the British Library! For more details, see my (updated) post: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2024/06/join-the-british-library-as-a-digital-curator-ocrhtr.html
Closing date: 21 July 2024.
Good luck!

#britishlibrary #OCR #HTR @BL_DigiSchol

ETL Helper is a Python ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) library to simplify data transfer into and out of databases.
It makes it easier to run #SQL queries via #Python.

This month we released Version 1. 🥳

One of the biggest changes is a proper documentation site. Check it out:

https://britishgeologicalsurvey.github.io/etlhelper/

#etlhelper #oracle #postgresql #sqlite #database #gis #opensource 1/3

Introducing the newest rising star of the #QGIS plugin world (under the "silly" tag*) - QGIS Sound Effects.

Literally adds sound effects to your QGIS daily life.
Especially recommended if you have a lot of processing algorithms fail.

https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/qgs_sound_effects/

*Also the only plugin under the "silly" tag.

This is interesting stuff: Ed Zitron writes on how Goldman Sachs, who like any investment bank ”will gladly hype anything if it thinks it'll make a buck” soured on generative AI.
”A week and a half ago, Goldman Sachs put out a 31-page-report (titled "Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?”) that includes some of the most damning literature on generative AI I've ever seen.”

https://www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/

🏺Digital public archaeology: Excavating data from digs done decades ago and connecting with today's communities

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-digital-archaeology-excavating-decades-today.html

#archaeology #publicscience #data #outreach #history #prehistory

Today, the good people of the world commemorate the passing of Google Reader eleven short years ago on July 1, 2013.

To honor their memory (and in leiu of flowers) please add an RSS, Atom, JSON or equivalent feed to your web site and keep building towards a web that connects people in meaningful and positive ways.

How many museums, libraries and archives have open access policies?

Since 2018 Andrea Wallace and I have been answering this question. The Open GLAM Survey is the definitive guide to the landscape of open access policy and practice. It's a crucial resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field of copyright and heritage.

We wrote up a recap for Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/2024/06/26/moving-institutions-toward-open-building-on-6-years-of-the-open-glam-survey/

#OpenCulture #OpenGLAM #OpenAccess #Copyright #Licensing #Museums #Libraries