Research project details
- P.I.: Eleonora Iacopini
- Funding: “Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca” programme of Sapienza University of Rome
- Year: 2022
- Protocol no.: AR2221816BB57DE4
- Participants:
- Eleonora Iacopini, P.I. eleonora.iacopini@uniroma1.it
- Julian Bogdani, Tutor julian.bogdani@uniroma1.it
Abstract
The research project involves the development of a web application for sharing bibliographic data from various colleagues/collaborators who wish to share their own bibliographic collections, using the Zotero software (https://www.zotero.org/), a de facto standard for scientific research, with the specific feature of also displaying and querying the data on a geographic basis. With this tool, LAD: Digital Archaeology Laboratory at Sapienza (http://purl.org/lad) aims to facilitate the exchange of information relating to different historical and archaeological contexts (though not only these), in order to speed up their retrieval and ensure that the data entered into the system is kept constantly up to date.
The Web App to be developed will make it possible to display and search bibliographic data within an online map, using keywords (tags) that define the content archived within the Zotero Libraries that individual researchers already use for their own scientific output.
The proposed application would act as an aggregator of bibliographic content from the libraries of researchers who choose to collaborate, allowing not only traditional searches but also the display, on a map, of what has been published (articles, monographs, etc.) concerning a given geographic area or a specific research topic spanning different territorial contexts. Simply by clicking on the map, it will thus be possible to trace the titles of the contributions, giving individual users/researchers the ability to stay constantly up to date on the scientific debate and on the publications concerning a given area.
The specific case of Chaonia, northern Epirus, will be taken as an example, since it is an area that sees various European universities and others acting as research players, sharing their research in a way that has recently taken on considerable significance.