Writing at the JISC Digitization Blog, Alastair Dunning warns of "problems with crowdsourcing having the ability to create multiple editions." For example, the much-lauded Early English Books Online (EEBO) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) are now beginning to appear on many different digital platforms. ProQuest currently hold a licence that allows users to … [Read more...] about Crowdsourcing and Variant Digital Editions
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My Goals for FromThePage
A couple of recent interactions have made me realize that I've never publicly articulated my goals in developing FromThePage. Like anyone else managing a multi-year project, my objectives have shifted over time. However, there are three main themes of my work developing web-based software for transcribing handwritten documents: Transcribing and publishing family diaries. … [Read more...] about My Goals for FromThePage
Feature plan for 2010
Three years ago, I laid out a plan for getting FromThePage to general availability. Since that time, I completed most of the features I thought necessary, gained some dedicated users, and saw the software used to transcribe and annotate over a thousand pages of Julia Brumfield's diaries. However, most of the second half of 2009 was spent using the product in my editorial … [Read more...] about Feature plan for 2010
Feature: Related Pages
I've been thinking a lot about page-to-subject links lately as I edit and annotate Julia Brumfield's 1921 diary. While I've been able to exploit the links data structure in editing, printing, analyzing and displaying the texts, I really haven't viewed it as a way to navigate from one manuscript page to another. In fact, the linkages I've made between pages have been pretty … [Read more...] about Feature: Related Pages
Connecting With Readers
While editing and annotating Julia Brumfield's 1919 diary, I've tried to do research on the people who appear there. Who was Josie Carr's sister? Sites like FindAGrave.com can help, but the results may still be ambiguous: there are two Alice Woodings buried in the area, and either could be a match. These questions could be resolved pretty easily through oral interviews -- … [Read more...] about Connecting With Readers