Community as Resource: Crowdsourcing Transcription of an Historic Newspaper

Daniels, Caroline; Holtze, Terri; Howard, Rachel; Kuehn, Randy

doi:10.1080/1941126x.2014.877332

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“…12 The proliferating literature on cultural heritage crowdsourcing published during the last decade has concentrated on various aspects and research fields of this ICT-mediated process -cultural heritage studies (digital) humanities, libraries, museums and archival research, media studies, and computer science, among others. Since it is a comparatively new method for disseminating cultural heritage and for interacting with the public, numerous publications have foregrounded projects where this method had been used, providing analysis of carried out tasks, exploring usability, or presenting results (Alam & Campbell, 2017;Causer & Terras, 2014;Causer & Wallace, 2012;Daniels, Holtze, Howard, & Kuehn, 2014;Dunn & Hedges, 2013Ellis, 2014;Ridge, , 2014aSeitsonen, 2017). Publications also have compiled inventories of the known kinds of crowdsourcing tasks and have focused on broader methodological issues -for example, the opportunities and possibilities offered, the cultural value of digital engagement with heritage (King, Stark, & Cooke, 2016), its ability to attract audiences and gain good results.…”

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A History of Participation in Museums and Archives

Hetland¹,

Pierroux²,

Esborg³

2020

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Traversing disciplines, A History of Participation in Museums and Archives provides a framework for understanding how participatory modes in natural, cultural, and scientific heritage institutions intersect with practices in citizen science and citizen humanities.Drawing on perspectives in cultural history, science and technology studies, and media and communication theory, the book explores how museums and archives make science and cultural heritage relevant to people's everyday lives, while soliciting their assistance and participation in research and citizen projects. More specifically, the book critically examines how different forms of engagement are constructed, how concepts of democratization are framed and enacted, and how epistemic practices in science and the humanities are transformed through socio-technological infrastructures. Tracking these central themes across disciplines and research from Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States, the book simultaneously considers their relevance for museum and heritage studies.A History of Participation in Museums and Archives should be essential reading for a broad academic audience, including scholars and students in museum and heritage studies, digital humanities, and the public communication of science and technology. It should also be of great interest to museum professionals working to foster public engagement through collaboration with networks and local community groups.

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Section: Sanita Reinsonementioning

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A History of Participation in Museums and Archives

Hetland¹,

Pierroux²,

Esborg³

2020

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“…Some, such as the Louisville Leader project, use existing digital files housed in CONTENTdm with a new transcription infrastructure using Scripto and Omeka built for the crowdsourcing project. 19 Others, like DIY History at the University of Iowa, use a similar procedure, but instead of software such as Omeka and Scripto, they employ a simple web form to pull CONTENTdm digital images onto pages that pair the images with text boxes for typing the transcripts. 20 Some projects begin with previously digitized content, but transform into much larger enterprises.…”

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Transcribing the Past: Crowdsourcing Transcription of Civil War Manuscripts

Reese

2016

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Libraries and archives are using crowdsourcing in various ways. From entering data to transcribing newspapers, it is a tool to engage users while accomplishing a goal for an organization. Crowdsourcing’s many benefits and challenges should be weighed when considering this technique. This article describes the planning, execution, and lessons learned from a grant-funded crowdsourced project at the University of Oklahoma to transcribe a diary and letters in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the US Civil War

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“…For example, Moyle et al (2011) tested the feasibility of outsourcing the work of manuscript transcription to members of the public for Transcribe Bentham, the first major crowdsourcing transcription project, during which they recognized much about the nature of community engagement with digitized resources. Daniels et al (2014) described how the Louisville Leader Transcription Project was implemented at the University of Louisville, including the tools adopted and the process used. Other research studies focused on the ways to motivate volunteers in unpaid or low-paid crowdsourcing projects, especially when the transcription is a relatively complex task.…”

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The influences of social value orientation and domain knowledge on crowdsourcing manuscript transcription

Zhang

Chen

Zhao

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how social value orientation and domain knowledge affect cooperation levels and transcription quality in crowdsourced manuscript transcription, and contribute to the recruitment of participants in such projects in practice. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a quasi-experiment using Transcribe-Sheng, which is a well-known crowdsourced manuscript transcription project in China, to investigate the influences of social value orientation and domain knowledge. The experiment lasted one month and involved 60 participants. ANOVA was used to test the research hypotheses. Moreover, inverviews and thematic analyses were conducted to analyze the qualitative data in order to provide additional insights. Findings The analysis confirmed that in crowdsourced manuscript transcription, social value orientation has a significant effect on participants’ cooperation level and transcription quality; domain knowledge has a significant effect on participants’ transcription quality, but not on their cooperation level. The results also reveal the interactive effect of social value orientation and domain knowledge on cooperation levels and quality of transcription. The analysis of the qualitative data illustrated the influences of social value orientation and domain knowledge on crowdsourced manuscript transcription in detail. Originality/value Researchers have paid little attention to the impacts of the psychological and cognitive factors on crowdsourced manuscript transcription. This study investigated the effect of social value orientation and the combined effect of social value orientation and domain knowledge in this context. The findings shed light on crowdsourcing transcription initiatives in the cultural heritage domain and can be used to facilitate participant selection in such projects.

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Community as Resource: Crowdsourcing Transcription of an Historic Newspaper

Cited by 6 publications

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A History of Participation in Museums and Archives

A History of Participation in Museums and Archives

Transcribing the Past: Crowdsourcing Transcription of Civil War Manuscripts

The influences of social value orientation and domain knowledge on crowdsourcing manuscript transcription

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