We've revamped this overall view of FromThePage to make it easier for you to find projects you're interested in: Find projects by category -- be it "vital records" "railroads" or "African American History" or many more! Find the organizations you love to contribute to in the alphabetical organizations list. Find new collections, just posted with […]
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Introducing Read-only Document Sets
Over the last several years, FromThePage has supported document sets to allow project owners to aggregate a sub-set of works in a collection. The feature has been used these ways: Mount Auburn uses document sets to make it easier to find particular types of documents The Frederick Douglass Papers has some documents in public sets […]
Enhanced Search in FromThePage
When we met with some of you at our first FromThePage user group meeting at SAA in late July of 2023, we asked you to vote on features you'd like to see in FromThePage. The overwhelming winner was "Better Search", which astonished us. We had only added it the list day before, after a discussion […]
Who Are the Best Prompt Writers? A Surprising Insight from the Humanities
In our conversations about AI's applications, we've unearthed a small but interesting trend: the most adept prompt writers often hold Ph.D.s in history. Why? Skilled historians are articulate and bring a depth of context that enhances LLM (Large Language Model) interactions significantly. Particularly those with a hacker's mindset – those ready to experiment and adapt […]
Key Takeaways on AI in Libraries from the Charleston Conference
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Charleston Conference, an annual gathering of library leaders and industry partners. The event featured a lot of content on artificial intelligence in the library and information science landscape. It also featured vendors as partners, with most sessions being a combination of a librarian and a vendor, which […]
Everything You Can Do With Crowdsourcing
Last February 2023, Ben and Sara Brumfield hosted a webinar to discuss everything you can do with crowdsourcing. The presentation, linked below in a video and embedded as slides, presents a list of things you can do with crowdsourcing, featuring different projects on FromThePage. You can sign up for future webinars here. Everything You Can […]