Tag Archives: crowdsourcing

This week’s crème de la crème — January 22, 2022

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsPassenger lists of the Holland-America Line have been digitised by Joan Bos on Joan’s Ancestral World. Invaluable scanned records from Russian and Ukrainian archives posted online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Archives needs volunteer transcribers

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

Nova Scotia Archives is looking for volunteers to transcribe its digitized records of pre-1867 Sable Island to help “document the flora, fauna, people, industry and history of the Island” and allow better access to the public. The archives’ crowdsourcing initiative, … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada launches Co-Lab, a tool to transcribe, tag, translate records

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) invites everyone to transcribe, tag, translate and describe their digitized records, using the tool, Co-Lab. LAC said, “Imagine transcribing handwritten letters like the one that Louis Riel wrote the day before his death to his wife … Continue reading →

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Stanford seeks transcribers for crowdsourcing project

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Gail Dever

Stanford University Archives in California this month launched a crowdsourcing project to transcribe handwritten letters and documents within its holdings. The Stanford Archives project currently features eight collections for users to transcribe: • 1906 earthquake and fire • Leland Stanford, … Continue reading →

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National Archives needs volunteer archivists to tag Native American photos

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Gail Dever

The National Archives in the United States is looking for volunteer archivists to make its collections of photography from life on Native American reservations more accessible via online searches. Volunteers will tag these historic photos of reservation life, taken in … Continue reading →

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LAC launches crowdsourcing tool to transcribe Lady MacDonald’s 1867 diary

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Gail Dever

Just in time for the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, Library and Archives Canada has launched a crowdsourcing tool to transcribe Lady MacDonald’s 1867 diary. Lady Susan Agnes Macdonald (1836–1920) was the second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), … Continue reading →

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