Nautical Archaeology Digital Library

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Nautical Archaeology Digital Library
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Goals

• 1. Efficiently catalog, store, and manage
  artifacts and ship remains along its associated
  data and information produced by an underwater
  archeological excavation.
• 2. Integrate heterogeneous data sources from
  different media to facilitate research work and
  handle uncertainty in data and structure.
• 3. Incorporate historic sources to help in the
  study of current artifacts.
• 4. Develop visualization tools to help
  researchers manipulate, observe, study, and
  analyze artifacts and their relationships.
• 5. Develop algorithm and visualization based
  mechanisms for ship reconstruction, i.e., to
  determine where recovered pieces and fragments
  fit in a whole.

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Contents

• 1. People
• 2. Treatises
• 3. Timeline
• 4. About
• 5. Publications
• 6. Partnerships

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Host

• Host
• 1. Texas AM University's Nautical Archaeology
  Department
• 2. Texas AM University's Center for the Study of
  Digital Libraries

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Ownership of Analog Items

• 1. Texas AM University's Nautical Archaeology
  Program
• 2. The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
• 3. Acedemia de Marinha, Portugal
• 4. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

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Creators and Managers

• 1. Texas AM staff from NAD Department
• 2. Texas AM staff from CSDL Department

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Issues

• 1. The site is a relatively new creation and
  therefore there isnt a large amount of content.
• 2. The material is, of course, in different
  languages depending on the item and it would be
  nice to have cross translations of the various
  languages.

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Conclusion