Workshop: Virtual Repositories for a Global Archaeological Science

这是一个关于考古科学、数据共享和研究合作的虚拟资源库的研讨会。PI指出，地理位置、多机构所有权、借贷限制、访问集合的限制以及易碎物品的运输问题，都是对虚拟存储库或网络基础设施日益增长的需求的问题，这些问题将允许研究人员访问、集成和挖掘不同的集合和数据组合，其规模目前在现有框架内是不可能的。这次研讨会将把博物馆馆长、考古学家和计算机科学家聚集在一起，为北极收藏品的虚拟存储库创建一个模型，这可能是一个更大项目的试点，最终将作为博物馆全部库存或完整考古收藏品和档案的虚拟表示。该研讨会将于2011年秋季在爱达荷州立大学举行，与会者包括来自学术界、联邦机构和阿拉斯加土著社区的主要参与者。

This is a workshop on virtual repositories for archaeological science, data sharing, and research collaboration. The PI points out that geography, multi-agency ownership, borrowing restrictions, restrictions on access to collections and the issue of transporting fragile objects are issues creating a growing need for virtual repositories or cyberinfrastructure that will allow for researchers to access, integrate, and mine diverse collections and data assemblages at scales not currently possible within existing frameworks. This workshop will bring together museum curators, archaeologists, and computer scientists to create a model for virtual repositories of arctic collections that could be a pilot for much larger project that ultimately would serve as a virtual representation of a museum's entire inventory or complete archaeological collections and archives. The proposed workshop would be held at Idaho State University in the Fall of 2011 and will include key actors from academia, federal agencies and Alaska Native communities.