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
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
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
An Interview with Richard Gilreath of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Richard Gilreath of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Richard Gilreath is the Reference Archivist of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. First, tell us about your documents. We’re transcribing two indexes … [Read more...] about An Interview with Richard Gilreath of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Data Visualization Using FromThePage Data
Megan Firestone, the head of special collections at the Smith Library Center at Southwestern University, shared this map based on the diary of Zenas Matthews, transcribed by a volunteer. Each location on the map shows a page from Matthews' diary that was written in the area. This data visualization was created using ArcGIS StoryMaps. Jessi Bennett from the Library of … [Read more...] about Data Visualization Using FromThePage Data