ETANA Portal

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Figure 1. Model for the integration and function
of ETANA components
ETANA Portal About ETANA SearchWhats New
Site MapCommons Archives
Projects ABZU
Content contributors use Open Archive (OA)
metadata templates to enable universal access,
with additional items specific to ETANA searches.
Password protected access to ATK for existing
research projects, with application procedures
for new projects.
Scholars Commons Commentaries Forums
Teachers Corner FAQ (public service)
Community News Webpages Working Papers w/
Open Review
Search Engine Metadata Serverand Templates
AdministrationSubmission, Review Editorial
Processes
Users can collocate resources from ETANA OA
databases.
Online system for internal and/or external review
of ATK research proposals, journal articles, etc.
Archival Databases
Field Site Data
InscriptiFactDigital Images
E-Journals, Proceedings, Dissertations, Etc.
Early Core Texts
ABZUResources
Analytical ImageTools
ATK software distributed among approved
archeological projects which feed into Field Site
Data archive.
Societies continue to edit journals and
proceedings using ETANA administrative systems,
and oversee posting of other scholarly materials
(dissertations, etc.).
ETANA Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern
Archiveshttp//staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/et
ana/ ETANA is a cooperative venture of a
consortium of scholarly societies and
universities to develop and maintain a
comprehensive Internet site for the study of the
ancient Near East. Academic, library and
technical staff of the partner organizations will
collaborate to share intellectual and technical
resources in the development of the project.
ETANA will include the permanent archiving,
dissemination and generation of both front- and
back-end stages of scholarly knowledge such as
archeological excavation reports, editions of
ancient and modern texts, high definition images
of ancient documents, core early monographs,
dictionaries, journals, and reports in the public
domain, a portal to ANE web resources, an
electronic commons where scholars in the field
can share data and images, and eventually an
electronic publishing effort for "born digital"
publications. Paul M. Gherman, University
Librarian, Vanderbilt University,
gherman_at_library.vanderbilt.edu