Scheduled Maintenance in Progress / Planlı Bakım Çalışması Devam Etmektedir
The BIAA Digital Repository is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance and feature updates. Some services may be temporarily unavailable.
Thank you for your understanding and patience during this process.
BIAA Dijital Veri Arşivi (Digital Repository) şu anda planlı bakım ve özellik güncelleme çalışmalarından geçmektedir. Bazı hizmetlere geçici olarak erişilemeyebilir.
Bu süreçteki anlayışınız ve sabrınız için teşekkür ederiz.
The BIAA Digital Repository is a dedicated platform for accessing, preserving, and sharing the Institute’s rich archives and research outputs. Established in 2018, the Digital Repository functions as a virtual open-access archive, hosting digitised materials and information on the BIAA’s collections and research outputs since 1947, in accordance with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. As part of the BIAA’s ongoing commitment to supporting innovative scholarship in the humanities, our repository is central to our strategic research initiatives, with a particular emphasis on the stewardship of legacy data and the advancement of digital humanities.
From Analogue to Digital
For over seven decades, the BIAA has been at the forefront of research into the history, culture, and archaeology of Türkiye and Black Sea region. Our vast collection of fieldwork records, photographs, reports, and unpublished data constitutes a unique legacy that underpins much of the region’s academic research. Through the Digital Repository, we are committed to making these invaluable resources accessible to scholars, students, and the wider public.
Our work with legacy data ensures that the knowledge and insights gained from earlier projects are not only preserved, but also made available for contemporary and future research. Digitising these materials unlocks new possibilities for interdisciplinary analysis and collaboration, supporting the long-term sustainability of archaeological and historical research.
Born-Digital Data Management
As research increasingly generates data in digital formats from the outset, the BIAA is committed to managing born-digital data according to international standards. Our repository is a platform for the deposit, curation, and sharing of digital files, including spatial data, imagery, 3D datasets (such as those from the Feriköy cemetery survey), and associated metadata. This approach guarantees that both newly created and legacy data are discoverable, accessible, and reusable for future generations (e.g. check out the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative Project Archive and SARAT Arşiv / SARAT Archive, both Turkish and English).
Researchers can explore, download, and reuse these materials in accordance with our open access policies, encouraging collaboration, innovation, and the reimagination of historic data with new technologies.
The BIAA actively engages in a range of digital humanities projects, working in close collaboration with leading institutions and initiatives worldwide. Our partnerships help us share expertise, develop new methodologies, and ensure the widest possible access to our collections.
For more information about our strategic research initiatives, digital humanities projects, and research data management policies, please visit biaa.ac.uk/strategic-research-initiatives.
