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On Improving Error & Quality in Crowdsourced Transcription

October 26, 2022 By Ana Bastida

Last June, Ben Brumfield of FromThePage and Austin Mast of Florida State University/iDigBio had a meaty discussion of error and quality in crowdsourced transcription. The discussion, which was moderated by Sara Brumfield, started with the dimensions of quality, compared multi-track (i.e. many transcriptions of the same bits) and arbitration to single track (i.e. a one-person … [Read more...] about On Improving Error & Quality in Crowdsourced Transcription

Your First Crowdsourcing Project

September 22, 2022 By Ana Bastida

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 … [Read more...] about Your First Crowdsourcing Project

How can my archive crowdsource record indexing?

September 8, 2022 By Ana Bastida

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 … [Read more...] about How can my archive crowdsource record indexing?

An Interview with NC State University Libraries

August 22, 2022 By Ana Bastida

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 for … [Read more...] about An Interview with NC State University Libraries

How to Teach with Primary Sources using FromThePage

August 15, 2022 By Ana Bastida

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 Ben and … [Read more...] about How to Teach with Primary Sources using FromThePage

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