Shanna Raines of the Greenville County Library System kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their projects and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Shanna Raines is the South Carolina Room Supervisor of the Hughes Main Library of the Greenville County Library System. First, tell us about your documents. The … [Read more...] about An Interview with Shanna Raines of the Greenville County Library System
An Interview with Jodi Hoover of Digital Maryland
Jodi Hoover of Digital Maryland kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their projects and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Jodi Hoover is the Librarian Supervisor II of Digital Resources at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the supervisor of Digital Maryland. First, tell us about your documents. Our current projects involve … [Read more...] about An Interview with Jodi Hoover of Digital Maryland
An Interview with Michael Lapides of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Michael Lapides of the New Bedford Whaling Museum kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their project and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Michael Lapides is the Director of Digital Engagement at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. First, tell us about your documents. The New Bedford Whaling Museum's archival collections … [Read more...] about An Interview with Michael Lapides of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
On Improving Error & Quality in Crowdsourced Transcription
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
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