Keith Mitchell of The National Archives (UK) kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Keith Mitchell is the Volunteer Projects Supervisor at The National Archives (UK). First, tell us about your documents.We are asking volunteers to transcribe a varied array of … [Read more...] about An Interview with Keith Mitchell of The National Archives (UK)
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. Olivia Carlisle is the Information Management Archivist at the State Archives of North Carolina. First, tell us about your documents. Our work with FromThePage … [Read more...] about An Interview with Olivia Carlisle of the State Archives of North Carolina
An Interview with Amber Kuo of the LA County Public Library
Amber Kuo of the LA County Public Library kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Her colleague, Kascia Samel, librarian at American Indian Resource Center, also contributed to this interview. Amber Kuo is the Cataloging Librarian at the LA County Public … [Read more...] about An Interview with Amber Kuo of the LA County Public Library
An Interview with Meredith McDonough of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Meredith McDonough of the Alabama Department of Archives and History kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Meredith McDonough is the Archivist at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Meredith McDonough at ADAH is one of our most experienced … [Read more...] about An Interview with Meredith McDonough of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
FromThePage vs Zooniverse
In the post below, we assess the differences between our software, and our peer Zooniverse, another popular crowdsourcing transcription platform. Both platforms have supported text transcription for over a decade. FromThePage was designed specifically for text transcription, while Zooniverse has its origins in image sorting tasks and decision-tree tasks. The ways in which … [Read more...] about FromThePage vs Zooniverse