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Can LLMs Help With Boring Forms?

June 16, 2025 by Hazen Tubis Leave a Comment

Two weeks ago, I looked at Ben and said "What we obviously should build next is field-based AI-Assist."  Transcribing forms or "spreadsheet-like" ledgers and rolls is not as much fun as transcribing letters or field books, so anything that makes the process easier might appeal to volunteers.  And because the text is more "data" than "text", it should suffer less from … [Read more...] about Can LLMs Help With Boring Forms?

Have you seen FromThePage's new Find A Project?

March 27, 2025 by Sara Brumfield

We've revamped this overall view of FromThePage to make it easier for you to find projects you're interested in: Find projects by category -- be it "vital records" "railroads" or "African American History" or many more! Find the organizations you love to contribute to in the alphabetical organizations list. Find new collections, just posted with fresh new material … [Read more...] about Have you seen FromThePage's new Find A Project?

Introducing Read-only Document Sets

March 7, 2025 by Sara Brumfield

Over the last several years, FromThePage has supported document sets to allow project owners to aggregate a sub-set of works in a collection. The feature has been used these ways: Mount Auburn uses document sets to make it easier to find particular types of documents The Frederick Douglass Papers has some documents in public sets and others in private … [Read more...] about Introducing Read-only Document Sets

Enhanced Search in FromThePage

February 21, 2025 by Sara Brumfield

When we met with some of you at our first FromThePage user group meeting at SAA in late July of 2023, we asked you to vote on features you'd like to see in FromThePage. The overwhelming winner was "Better Search", which astonished us. We had only added it the list day before, after a discussion with Heather Wolfe at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Heather had told us that … [Read more...] about Enhanced Search in FromThePage

Who Are the Best Prompt Writers? A Surprising Insight from the Humanities

January 15, 2025 by Sara Brumfield

In our conversations about AI's applications, we've unearthed a small but interesting trend: the most adept prompt writers often hold Ph.D.s in history. Why? Skilled historians are articulate and bring a depth of context that enhances LLM (Large Language Model) interactions significantly. Particularly those with a hacker's mindset – those ready to experiment and adapt – excel … [Read more...] about Who Are the Best Prompt Writers? A Surprising Insight from the Humanities

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