Last September, Ben and Sara Brumfield hosted a webinar on your first crowdsourcing project. The presentation, linked below in a video and embedded as slides, covers selecting material, finding volunteers, developing transcription conventions, keeping volunteers engaged, and what to do with your transcriptions once you're done. You can sign up for future webinars here. Read through Ben […]
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How can my archive crowdsource record indexing?
Last May, Ben and Sara Brumfield hosted a webinar on successful crowdsourced indexing. The presentation, linked below in a video and embedded as slides, presents a walkthrough of how project staff selected material, recruited volunteers, developed instructions, encouraged engagement, and used volunteer contributions to improve public access. You can sign up for future webinars here. Read […]
An Interview with NC State University Libraries
Brian Dietz, Virginia Ferris, and Laura Abraham of NC State University Libraries kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Brian Dietz is the Digital Program Librarian for Special Collections at the NC State University Libraries. Virginia Ferris is the Lead Librarian […]
What to Do When Your Transcribers Can’t Read Cursive
One of the common complaints I hear is that young volunteers or students can’t read cursive. While it’s true that many students are not taught cursive as part of their school curriculum, that isn't an insurmountable barrier to participating in a transcription project. The medieval and early modern transcription projects on FromThePage are written in […]
How to Teach with Primary Sources using FromThePage
Last month, Ben and Sara Brumfield hosted a webinar on teaching with primary sources using FromThePage. The presentation, linked below in a video and embedded as slides, presents a walkthrough of how scholars can use FromThePage in the classroom. You can sign up for future webinars here. Watch the recording of the presentation below: Read through […]
