Crowdsourcing has become a very popular way to get large amounts of material indexed and/or transcribed.
It’s neat to see
more and more facilities and groups using this means to get more material
available to more people more quickly!
The most recent project
I read about is “transcribe” from the Library of
Virginia ... “Help improve access to
historic documents by transcribing handwritten pages and reviewing
transcriptions. Browse the items in each collection (“Browse all”) to see which
ones need work. Create
an account to enjoy additional features.”
This
just shortly after reading The Smithsonian Wants You! (To Help Transcribe Its Collections)
“Many myths surround the Smithsonian Institution’s archives—from
legends of underground facilities hidden beneath the National Mall to rumors of
secret archaeological excavations. One underlying truth persists amid these
fallacies: the Institution’s archives are indeed massive. Preserving these
collections in a digital age is a gargantuan task, especially when it comes to
handwritten documents. Ink fades with time, and individual scrawls sometimes
resemble hieroglyphics. It could literally take decades.”
Of course, once I
read a new-to-me project I then seek out other projects that are either new to
me or that I’ve been reminded of.
Some other current
crowdsource projects with a genealogical connection are:
Do you know of other crowdsourcing projects of direct interest to the
genealogical and family history community?
Editor’s Note: Previous Upfront with NGS posts on this topic
...
+ NARA Citizen Archivist Dashboard Live! (includes transcription, tagging and other crowdsource options) (2012)
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