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Improving OCR using FromThePage

February 27, 2019 By Sara Brumfield

This is a response to the recently published "A Research Agenda for Historical and Multilingual Optical Character Recognition" by David A. Smith and Ryan Cordell, with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  The report analyzes current challenges faced by humanities researchers using OCR text and outlines important avenues for research to improve OCR quality.  In many … [Read more...] about Improving OCR using FromThePage

DH Projects -- Slavery Images

January 18, 2019 By Sara Brumfield

Brumfield Labs and Henry Lovejoy are pleased to announce the launch of the new version of SlaveryImages.org. The site contains over 1200 images documenting the experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World. The images it contains are used by teachers, researchers, students, … [Read more...] about DH Projects -- Slavery Images

Crowdsourcing the Alabama World War I Service Records

August 4, 2018 By Ben Brumfield

On August 2, 2018, Meredith McDonough of the Alabama Department of Archives and History and Ben Brumfield of Brumfield Labs presented "Crowdsourcing the Alabama World War I Service Records" at the CONTENTdm User Meeting.  Our fellow panelists were Phil Sager and Kristen Newby of the Ohio History Connection, who presented on the crowdsourced transcription system they had built … [Read more...] about Crowdsourcing the Alabama World War I Service Records

Crowdsourcing with CONTENTdm and FromThePage

May 7, 2018 By Ben Brumfield

We are pleased to announce that FromThePage now integrates with CONTENTdm, the digital collections management system created by OCLC.  Through this integration, CONTENTdm users can launch crowdsourcing projects on FromThePage without the need for uploading image files, copying metadata, or cut-and-pasting user contributions into their digital collections. How it … [Read more...] about Crowdsourcing with CONTENTdm and FromThePage

Project Profile: Stanford University Archives

February 9, 2018 By Sara Brumfield

We interviewed the team at the Stanford University Archives on how they're using FromThePage.  We think you'll enjoy hearing how they are "round tripping" the transcriptions back into their library systems using IIIF, engaging volunteers with the help of a student intern,  and funding the project.  Thanks to the team at Stanford for taking the time to talk to us! What … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Stanford University Archives

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