Over the past year I, (Michaela Mauriello) have been doing a work placement with the ADS as part of my MSc degree at the University of York in Digital Heritage under the Department of Archaeology.
I chose to work with the ADS for my degree placement because I had previous experience as an intern at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, where I developed an overall interest in the process of archiving and researching archaeological data. After arriving in York I became interested in the amount of 3D data found within the ADS archives and how this data was being used by outside sources and in publications; thus beginning this research.
The aims of this project was to investigate the use and re-use of archaeological 3D data found in the ADS through: web statistics and publication citation analysis, tracking disseminated 3D data, user survey, and a basic human-computer interaction evaluation of the ADS website. The objective of which was to provide a series of recommendations for the effective dissemination of 3D data to the ADS and interested 3D data creators and users.
From this research, a series of blog posts have been created to show the process and conclusion of my findings.
Public Use and Interest of 3D Data in the ADS: Questionnaire
The Use of Archived 3D Data Part 1: Statistics and Publication Analysis
The Use of Archived 3D Data Part 2: User survey
The Use of Archived 3D Data Part 3: Final Thoughts and Recommendations
If you would like to follow my work or have questions on my work, I am available on various social media platforms:
Instagram: mm_digitalized
Twitter: m_mauriello
LinkedIn: Michaela Mauriello
E-mail: mm1888@york.ac.uk
