Embedding Librarians in Archaeological Field Schools

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

For the past two summers, the Anthropology Librarian and the Digital Imaging Coordinator from the University of New Brunswick Libraries have embedded as experts and co-researchers in field schools led by archaeologists in the Department of Anthropology at UNB. The goals of this project are for those library specialists: (1) to gain deeper understanding of the complex data management and research needs of archaeologists, and especially of data and information praxis in the field, (2) to help students better understand the relationship between fieldwork, data, and dissemination within the broader research life cycle, and (3) to conceptualize and begin developing added areas of support from the Libraries in the form of research data management, dissemination of field-school work to disparate audiences, and expanded 2D and 3D imaging capabilities in the field and in the lab. Initial efforts have been very positive in both directions, and the project is moving from a pilot into a more formalized part of the field-school curriculum. Project archaeologists and librarians alike feel that this model is worth sharing, for others to explore in similar field-school contexts, where resources allow.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41584.0