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− | ==[http://www.etana.org/home ETANA Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives]== | + | ==[https://www.etana.org/home ETANA Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives]== |
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− | ''ETANA'' is a multi-institutional [[collaborative]] project initiated in August 2000, as an electronic publishing project designed to enhance the [[study]] of the [[history]] and [[culture]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East ancient Near East]. Funded initially by a planning grant from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation], then by a larger digitization grant from the same foundation, the ETANA web portal was launched in 2001. The founding institutions and associations that conceived and implemented this project were: | + | ''ETANA'' is a multi-institutional [[collaborative]] project initiated in August 2000, as an electronic publishing project designed to enhance the [[study]] of the [[history]] and [[culture]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East ancient Near East]. Funded initially by a planning grant from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation], then by a larger digitization grant from the same foundation, the ETANA web portal was launched in 2001. The founding institutions and associations that conceived and implemented this project were: |
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− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Oriental_Society American Oriental Society] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Oriental_Society American Oriental Society] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Schools_of_Oriental_Research American Schools of Oriental Research] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Schools_of_Oriental_Research American Schools of Oriental Research] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University Case Western Reserve University] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University Case Western Reserve University] |
− | *[http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/ Cobb Institute of Archeology] | + | *[https://www.cobb.msstate.edu/ Cobb Institute of Archeology] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Oriental_Institute Oriental Institute (University of Chicago)] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Oriental_Institute Oriental Institute (University of Chicago)] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Biblical_Literature Society of Biblical Literature] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Biblical_Literature Society of Biblical Literature] |
| *[[Vanderbilt Divinity School|Vanderbilt University Divinity School]] | | *[[Vanderbilt Divinity School|Vanderbilt University Divinity School]] |
− | *[http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ Vanderbilt University Library] | + | *[https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ Vanderbilt University Library] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbilt_University_Press Vanderbilt University Press] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbilt_University_Press Vanderbilt University Press] |
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| The Mellon grant funded the conversion of ABZU from a collection of static html pages to a database delivery platform, the digitization of almost 200 volumes of core materials for the study of the Ancient Near East, and the development of the web portal. | | The Mellon grant funded the conversion of ABZU from a collection of static html pages to a database delivery platform, the digitization of almost 200 volumes of core materials for the study of the Ancient Near East, and the development of the web portal. |
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− | Early on [[discussions]] began among the advisory panel of the need for an archival repository for [[archaeological]] data. It was with this need in mind that the ETANA partners sought and received a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation National Science Foundation] grant in 2004, to develop software to create electronic mappings to allow searching across excavation sites. The prototype “Digbase” structure was designed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech Virginia Tech] by Professor Ed Fox and his students, with Professor James Flanagan and Joanne Eustis, University Librarian both of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_University Case Western University], serving as the principal investigators of the grant. | + | Early on [[discussions]] began among the advisory panel of the need for an archival repository for [[archaeological]] data. It was with this need in mind that the ETANA partners sought and received a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation National Science Foundation] grant in 2004, to develop software to create electronic mappings to allow searching across excavation sites. The prototype “Digbase” structure was designed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech Virginia Tech] by Professor Ed Fox and his students, with Professor James Flanagan and Joanne Eustis, University Librarian both of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_University Case Western University], serving as the principal investigators of the grant. |
− | Additional Core Texts were digitized as a part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAid USAID] grant to assist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq Iraqi] universities rebuild their archaeology programs and collections. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University Stony Brook University in New York State] has digitized 181 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform cuneiform] text publications and archaeological site reports, including dissertations relating to [[archaeology]] in Iraq. Prof. Elizabeth Stone was the Principal Investigator for this grant. [[Vanderbilt Divinity School|Vanderbilt Divinity Library]] also digitized additional Core Texts for ETANA, using a grant from the [[Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative of ATLA|Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative]] (CDRI). This small grant allowed for the addition of 30 additional volumes to the Core Texts corpus, which stands at 368 volumes as of Fall 2010. | + | Additional Core Texts were digitized as a part of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAid USAID] grant to assist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq Iraqi] universities rebuild their archaeology programs and collections. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University Stony Brook University in New York State] has digitized 181 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform cuneiform] text publications and archaeological site reports, including dissertations relating to [[archaeology]] in Iraq. Prof. Elizabeth Stone was the Principal Investigator for this grant. [[Vanderbilt Divinity School|Vanderbilt Divinity Library]] also digitized additional Core Texts for ETANA, using a grant from the [[Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative of ATLA|Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative]] (CDRI). This small grant allowed for the addition of 30 additional volumes to the Core Texts corpus, which stands at 368 volumes as of Fall 2010. |
− | Professor Jack Sasson of Vanderbilt University conceived of the eTACT database, based on discussions at the Muenster Rencontre in 2006, a collection of English language translations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkad Akkadian texts], which was added to the ETANA portal in 2007. | + | Professor Jack Sasson of Vanderbilt University conceived of the eTACT database, based on discussions at the Muenster Rencontre in 2006, a collection of English language translations of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkad Akkadian texts], which was added to the ETANA portal in 2007. |
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| [[Category: History]] | | [[Category: History]] |
| [[Category: Archaeology]] | | [[Category: Archaeology]] |