Eric Kansa and Sarah Whitcher Kansa hit the nail on the head: “The discipline [archaeology and heritage studies] urgently needs better data professionalism if researchers are to make more credible and replicable knowledge claims…. but scholars generally lack the time and technological know-how to disseminate [and archive] data in a meaningful and lasting way” (p. 88). Their urgent message holds true across the arts and humanities, and while differences exist when it comes to sharing v. protecting and long argument v. database, common issues remain. Moreover, their proposal that data sharing should be viewed as publishing addresses growing concerns that when data is not shared scholarship suffers and knowledge is lost. Picking up on Diane Harley's insights, Kansa and Whitcher Kansa reiterate that for data sharing to be viewed as publishing “researchers must see clear evidence that data sharing is worth their time and effort” (p. 88; see also pp....
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