In 2013, Ben Brumfield gave an introductory talk on crowdsourced manuscript transcription at the Perkins Library: "The Landscape of Crowdsourcing and Transcription" at Duke University. Watch the recording of the presentation below: Read Ben's presentation below: I'd like to talk about what transcription is. We're all dealing with problems of, most of us … [Read more...] about "The Landscape of Crowdsourcing and Transcription" at Duke University
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Choosing Crowdsourced Transcription Platforms at SSA 2013
This is a transcript of my talk at the Society of Southwestern Archivists 2013 Annual Meeting. [Update 2013-05-28: The audio for the talk may be downloaded as an MP3.] This talk is about choosing a crowdsourced transcription platform, but "choosing" means a couple of things. "Choosing" means which, and "choosing" can mean whether-- should you do this at all?. I'd like to … [Read more...] about Choosing Crowdsourced Transcription Platforms at SSA 2013
Typologie des méthodes de contrôle de la qualité dans les projets de crowdsourcing
A translation of my 2012-03-05 post "Quality Control for Crowdsourced Transcription" which appeared in "Etat de l’art en matière de Crowdsourcing dans les bibliothèques numériques" by Moirez, Moreaux, and Josse (2013), reproduced for Francophone readers: «Single-track methods»: le document ne fait l’objet que d’une seule transcription (par un seul contributeur ou de façon … [Read more...] about Typologie des méthodes de contrôle de la qualité dans les projets de crowdsourcing
Itinera Nova in the World(s) of Crowdsourcing and TEI
On April 25, 2013, I presented this talk at the International Colloquium Itinera Nova in Leuven, Belgium. It was a fantastic experience, which I plan to post (and speak) more about, but I wanted to get my slides and transcript online as soon as possible. Abstract: Crowdsourcing for cultural heritage material has become increasingly popular over the last decade, but manuscript … [Read more...] about Itinera Nova in the World(s) of Crowdsourcing and TEI
Jens Brokfeld's Thesis on Crowdsourced Transcription
Although the field of transcription tools has become increasingly popular over the last couple of years, most academic publications on the topic focus on a single project and the lessons that project can teach. While those provide invaluable advice on how to run crowdsourcing projects, they do not lend much help to memory professionals trying to decide which tools to … [Read more...] about Jens Brokfeld's Thesis on Crowdsourced Transcription