Many transcription project owners need the ability to explain how to transcribe the special nuances of their material. FromThePage project owners have the ability to configure transcription help within FromThePage; that help can be extensive. An example of an extensive transcription help screen is in University College Dublin’s Irish Dialect Archive … [Read more...] about Providing Contextual Help to Transcribers in FromThePage: UCD's Irish Dialect Archive Manuscript Collection
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Finding Fine Art and Historical Images for Social Media Uses
My new favorite way to find images for facebook and blog posts is to search the Google Arts & Culture site. (Click the magnifying glass at the top right of this page) I search for "magnifying glass" and after poking around the results find The Senses by Philippe Mercier at the Yale Center for British Art: I follow the external link and find the painting at the YCBA … [Read more...] about Finding Fine Art and Historical Images for Social Media Uses
Learn to Decipher Old Handwriting with Online and Residential Paleography Courses
Do you ever have problems deciphering the intricate handwriting of historical documents? Don't we all! There are lots of online resources to help, and we've checked them out so you can find the right one for you. Some are MOOCS (massive open online courses) offered through universities; others are web-based self-paced tutorials. If none of these work for you, … [Read more...] about Learn to Decipher Old Handwriting with Online and Residential Paleography Courses
Engaging with volunteers: Smithsonian Transcription Center
"Volunpeers” is a flexible term for volunteers, organizations, and institutions to succinctly represent the knowledge-building activities and collaborative enterprise in which they are engaged. -Dr. Meghan Ferriter, Project Coordinator, Smithsonian Transcription Center If you're considering recruiting volunteers for your transcription project, you don't want to miss some of … [Read more...] about Engaging with volunteers: Smithsonian Transcription Center
Finding Transcribers for the Yaquina Lighthouse Project
One of our recent projects on FromThePage is the Yaquina Lighthouse Collection of documents from the National Archive. I helped the team at Yaquina brainstorm ways to publicize their project and wanted to share that process here as well. This was in addition to their existing Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram publicity. I would contact the people/groups you find … [Read more...] about Finding Transcribers for the Yaquina Lighthouse Project