Back in June, the folks at IMLS and Heritage Preservation ran a webinar exploring the issues and tools discussed at the IMLS Webwise Crowdsourcing panel "Sharing Public History Work: Crowdsourcing Data and Sources." After a introduction by Kevin Cherry and Kristen Laise, Sharon Leon, who chaired the live panel, presented a wonderful overview of crowdsourcing cultural … [Read more...] about Webwise Reprise on Crowdsourcing
presentations
Bilateral Digitization at Digital Frontiers 2012
This is a transcript of the talk I gave at Digital Frontiers 2012. Abstract: One of the ironies of the Internet age is that traditional standards for accessibility have changed radically. Intelligent members of the public refer to undigitized manuscripts held in a research library as "locked away", even though anyone may study the well-cataloged, well-preserved material in the … [Read more...] about Bilateral Digitization at Digital Frontiers 2012
RMagick Lightning Talk at Austin On Rails
This is a transcript of my five-minute lightning talk at the July meeting of Austin On Rails, the local Ruby on Rails user group. It highlights a few things I've learned from my work on MyopicVicar and Autosplit. Hi everyone, I'm Ben Brumfield and I've been a professional Ruby on Rails developer for three whole months, [applause] and I am here to talk about RMagick! … [Read more...] about RMagick Lightning Talk at Austin On Rails
Transcription Tools at TCDL 2012
Yesterday I presented a guide to choosing software for crowdsourced manuscript transcription at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Here are the slides from that talk: … [Read more...] about Transcription Tools at TCDL 2012
Crowdsourcing at IMLS WebWise 2012
The video of the crowdsourcing panel at IMLS WebWise is online, so I thought I'd post my talk. Like anyone who's created a transcript of their own unscripted remarks, I recommend watching the video. (My bit starts at 6:00, though all the speakers were excellent. Full-screening will hide the slides.) Nevertheless, I've added hyperlinks to the transcript and interpolated the … [Read more...] about Crowdsourcing at IMLS WebWise 2012