VERA Associated Publications and Presentations
Papers
- O'Riordan, E., Clarke, A., Fulford, M., (forthcoming). Managing Change: Introducing Innovation into well-established systems. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, March 22-26,
- Fisher, C., Terras, M., Warwick, C. (forthcoming). Integrating New Technologies into Established Systems: a case study from Roman Silchester. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, March 22-26,
- Fisher, C., Rains, M. (forthcoming). Preserving the Record - Context Recording in the Digital Age. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, March 22-26,
- Warwick, C., Terras, M., Fisher, C., Baker, M., O'Riordan, E., Grove, M., Fulford, M., Clarke, A., Rains, M. 2009 iTrench: A study of user reactions to the use of information technology in field archaeology. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 24: 211 - 223 ISSN: 0268-114
- Rains, M. 2008. Silchester - A Virtual Research Environment for Archaeology, in A. Posluschny, K Lambers and I Herzog (eds), "Layers of Perception. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Berlin, Germany, April 2-6 2007" (Bonn)
- O'Riordan, E. 2008. Small Finds in the Bigger Picture: 3d scanning of archaeological objects for education and interpretation. Lucerna, Roman Finds Group Newsletter 36, 3-9
Provisionally accepted
- Baker, M., Fisher, C., O'Riordan, E., Grove, M., Fulford, M., Warwick, C., Terras, M., Clarke, A., Rains, M. (provisionally accepted) VERA: Virtual Environment for Research in Archaeology, 4th International Conference on e-Social Science (NCeSS), Manchester, June 18th-20th, 2008.
- Fisher, C., Terras, M., Warwick, C., (provisionally accepted) Digital Archaeology: excavating user needs for archaeological systems, Proceedings of the World Archaeological Congress 6 (WAC-6), Dublin, Ireland, 29th June - 4th July 2008 (abstract pdf).
Short Articles and press releases
- O'Riordan, E. 2007. Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology (VERA), Intute: Arts and Humanities Blog, 10th December 2007 . Available from (http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/blog/2007/12/08/limelight-virtual-environments-for-research-in-archaeology-vera).
- O'Riordan, E., Grove, M. 2007. VERA at Silchester University of Reading Bulletin, Issue 469, 5th September 2007. Available (as a pdf).
- Grove, M. 2007. VERA at Silchester University of Reading Magazine for Alumni and Friends, Issue 5, Autumn/Winter 2007.
Newsletters
- O'Riordan, E. Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology, VERA Newsletter, Issue 3, December 2009 (pdf).
- O'Riordan, E. Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology, VERA Newsletter, Issue 2, December 2008 (pdf).
- O'Riordan, E. Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology, VERA Newsletter, Issue 1, January, 2008 (pdf).
Presentations
| Date | Presenter | Title | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Prof. Fulford | Plus Ca Change? | VERA Winter Workshop. 2nd December 2009 | Emma O'Riordan | Onsite data collection: summary results of 2009 | >Emma O'Riordan | VERA Project: An archaeological overview 2007-2009 | Emma O'Riordan | Implications for training: 2010 and beyond | Sarah Middle | The More Things Change: Use and Users of IT in the Trench |
| April 2009 | Mark Baker | Integrated Archaeological Database (IADB) | e-Science - The Changing Landscape 16-17 April 2009. |
| March 2009 | Clarke, A. and O'Riordan, E. | Managing Change: Introducing Innovation into well-established systems | Computer Applications in Archaeology 2009, Williamsburg, Virginia 23rd March 2009. | Fisher, C. and Rains, M. | Preserving the Record - Context Recording in the Digital Age. | Computer Applications in Archaeology 2009, Williamsburg, Virginia 23rd March 2009. |
| Fisher, C., Warwick, C., Terras, M. | Integrating New Technologies into Established Systems: a case study from Roman Silchester. | Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2009 Making History Interactive. Williamsburg, Maryland, USA, March 22-26 2009 | |
| February 2009 | Mark Baker | Digital Pens and Virtual Research Environments, | Digital Lives, British Library, 9-11 Feb 2009. |
| December 2009 | Emma O'Riordan | Digital Field Recording: Methodology, application, process and data | VERA Winter Workshop, University of Reading, 3rd December 2008. |
| November 2008 | Mark Baker | gave a seminar at | OeRC on 4th November 2008 on the Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology (VERA) project. |
| September 2008 | Michael Fulford | The Silchester Excavations and VERA | eResearch Australasia, Melbourne, Australia. 29th September - 3rd October | Emma O'Riordan | VERA: A Roman Case Study at Silchester | Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts, University of Cambridge, 14th - 17th September 2008. |
| Emma O'Riordan | The VERA Project (demo) | UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM 2008), University of Edinburgh, 8th-11th September 2008. | |
| Hugo Mills | XDB-Arch: A Framework for Searching Across Multiple Archival Databases, | UK e-Science 2008 All Hands Meeting, Edinburgh, Wednesday 10 September (slides). | |
| July 2008 | Emma O'Riordan | Digital Data: Beyond excavation (poster) | World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, 29th June - 4th July 2008. |
| June 2008 | unknown | VERA | NCeSS Conference, Manchester, 18-20 June 2008 |
| Claire Warwick, Melissa Terras | iTrench: A Study of user reactions to the use of IT in field archaeology | Digital Humanities 2008, University of Oulu, Finland, June 25-29 2008. | |
| April 2008 | |||
| Mark Baker | The Future of VREs | JISC Conference 2008: Enabling innovation, Birmingham, 15th April, 2008 | |
| Mat Grove | Recycle Bridge: an easy to use way of consuming web applications within a portal framework | JISC Conference 2008, International Convention Centre, Birmingham, 15 April 2008, (slides). | |
| Mike Rains | Digital Pens and Paper - a high tech development of a familiar low tech recording tool | The 36th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Directorate of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, Budapest, 4th April 2008, (slides). | |
| March 2008 | Mike Rains | Creating a Virtual Research Environment for Archaeology | Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 73rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 28th March 2008, (slides). |
| Emma O'Riordan | Small Finds in the Bigger Picture | 3D Colour Laser Scanning Conference, University College London, 28th March 2008, (slides). | February 2008 |
| Mat Grove | Portal Integration and Code Reuse in Portlets | JISC Portal Developers Workshop, The University Of Reading, 28th February 2008, (slides). | |
| Emma O'Riordan and Mat Grove | Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology (VERA) | Computer Applications in Archaeology (CAAUK), The University of York, 2nd February 2008, (slides). | |
| December 2007 | |||
| Amanda Clarke, Klare Tootell and Sandie Williams | Silchester and the IADB | VERA Winter Workshop, University of Reading, 6th December 2007 (slides). | |
| Michael Fulford | Digital Field Recording and Publication | VERA Winter Workshop, University of Reading, 6th December 2007 (slides). | |
| Emma O'Riordan | Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology (VERA) | VERA Winter Workshop, University of Reading, 6th December 2007 (slides). | |
| November 2007 | |||
| Mark Baker and Mat Grove | Virtual Research Environment for Archaeology (VERA) | VRE 2 Community Workshop, University of Reading, 29th November 2007. | |
| Claire Fisher, Melissa Terras and Claire Warwick | User Engagement Research | VRE 2 Community Workshop, University of Reading, 29th November 2007 (slides). | |
| September 2007 | |||
| Emma O'Riordan and Mat Grove | The VERA Project, UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM 2007) | East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 11th September - 13th September 2007 (slides). | |
| Mark Baker | The VERA Project | UK e-Science 2007 All Hands Meeting, Workshop 5: VREs: Where are we now?, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 11th September - 13th September 2007. | |
| Pre Project Dates | |||
| Mark Baker | Virtual Research Environment for Archaeology (VERA) | VRE Community Event, Highgate House, Northampton, 21st June - 22nd June 2007. | |
| Mark Baker | A Developer's Viewpoint, Invited Talk | CREE Workshop, Manchester Conference Centre, 24th May 2007. |