Virtual transcribathons are a great way to interact and engage with your volunteers and collaborators on a transcription project. These virtual events bring together your institution and the public to collaborate and support one another when transcribing material. However, if you’ve never held a virtual transcribathon before, you may not know how to start or […]
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An Interview with Erin Wilson of Ohio University Libraries
Erin Wilson at Ohio University Libraries kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Wilson is the Digital Imaging Specialist and Lab Manager at Ohio University Libraries. First, tell us about your documents. We have a growing number of collections in FromThePage, […]
An Interview with Susannah Ural of the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
Susannah Ural at the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Ural is Professor of History and Director of the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, a digital documentary edition based at […]
The Possibilities of Time
With the introduction of the advanced editor in FromThePage, we’ve given project owners the option to add editorial tagging buttons to projects. One tag we’re particularly excited about is the DATE tag: the DATE button wraps a snippet of text like this: <date when=”YYYY-MM-DD”>Last Thursday</date> And the transcriber or editor enters the date as the […]
Year End Round Up: Product Update Summary for 2020
With 2020 finally behind us, we reflect on all the changes and new features we've launched over the past year at FromThePage. We were always on the lookout for new ways to improve the platform and listened to the feedback you gave to help provide the best experience possible for our project owners and volunteers. […]
An Interview with Olivia Carlisle of the State Archives of North Carolina
Olivia Carlisle of the State Archives of North Carolina kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Carlisle is the Digitization Archivist at the State Archives of North Carolina. First, tell us about your documents. The State Archives of North Carolina had been […]