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John Layt Jul 18, 2024

@zackbatist @joeroe This is an important paper that validates what I think many have long suspected. At CAA 2016 I gave a 'provocation' talk on "Open Source: we're doing it wrong" that made the point Open Source is not about building software, but about building communities. It's the only sustainable model for building a lasting ecosystem. Until we create our own KDE/Gnome/Apache-like community, we'll just keep falling well short of what could otherwise be possible.

John Layt Jul 18, 2024

Zack Batist Jul 18, 2024

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

Open Archaeology, Open Source? Collaborative practices in an emerging community of archaeological software engineers

This article investigates modes of collaboration in the emerging community of practice using 'open-archaeo', a curated list of archaeological software, and data on the activity of associated GitHub repositories and users. An exploratory quantitative analysis is conducted to characterise the nature and intensity of these collaborations and map the collaborative networks that emerge from them.

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John Layt Jul 17, 2024

@volcan01010 Thanks, will look at it shortly.

We do indeed make use of BGS data, especially the borehole service which we pull into our GIS when assessing sites. We should look again to see what else you have we could use!

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John Layt Jul 16, 2024

@CultureDoug Thanks for this, more ammo to use when we take our CC-BY only plan to our board in the near future!

John Layt Jul 16, 2024

Doug McCarthy Jul 16, 2024

NEW

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

Balancing access and income – the dilemma of museum image licensing

By analysing financial data from museums and trends in the image licensing industry, this post evaluates the current profitability and future viability of museum picture libraries. It also examines the opportunity cost to public access associated with the picture library model, considering museums’ educational and societal goals.

Douglas McCarthy

John Layt Jul 12, 2024

Sap Jul 12, 2024

40 years of research:
Wessex Archaeology has made its publications and many of its grey literature reports freely available online:
https://wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/library/repository/list/
#Archaeology

Project Report Library Reports

Library of Wessex Archaeology’s fieldwork, geophysical, geoarchaeological and post-excavation reports from archaeological projects across the UK.

John Layt Jul 11, 2024

Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert Jun 26, 2024

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

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John Layt Jul 11, 2024

@volcan01010 Nice! Like most I've built my own ad-hoc etl library over the years, I'll have a look at replacing it with this.

John Layt Jul 11, 2024

Dr John A Stevenson Jul 10, 2024

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