@crowdconsortium

The Crowdsourcing Consortium for Libraries and Archives is dedicated to uniting leading experts in a conversation about crowdsourcing best practices.

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OCLC@OCLC14 May 2018
The Oldest Cookbooks From Libraries Around the World @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/ol…

The Oldest Cookbooks From Libraries Around the World

Vintage recipes include flaming peacocks and kangaroo brains.

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Looking to up your crowdsourcing game with structured transcription, geo-tagging, or community-generated digital archive projects? Attend our @museweb pre-conference workshop on tools from @anvcscalar @omeka @nypl @the_zooniverse @tiltfactor mw18.mwconf.org/proposal/div… …
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Metadata Games was developed by @Tiltfactor lab at @dartmouth to help crowdsource tags for collections in museums, libraries, and archives. Try out a game or two at metadatagames.org/ #NEHinYourState #NH
Screenshot of Metadata Games by Tiltfactor

ALT Screenshot of Metadata Games by Tiltfactor

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A beautiful, newly redesigned @dpla website has launched: dp.la
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Metadata and Digital rights! cdh.ucla.edu/news/know-right…
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If you need an entertaining and interesting diversion after this week, I recommend this xitter.cf/britishlibrary/status/…
British Library
@britishlibrary9 Nov 2017
For the benefit of the nation the British Library presents IN THE SPOTLIGHT or, A Fascinating Project for Social Historians, Font Fans and the Culturally Curious Get involved here: bit.ly/2haqsG0
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Looking forward to the unveiling of Metadata Games 2.0 next week @ #AdaLovelaceDay by oor @GWillshaw Game on! #ALD17 thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/201… – at Glasgow, Scotland
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Excellent resource via @dpla Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: dp.la/primary-source-sets/se… @nypl
Great interview w/Dana Bell re: teaching w Primary Sources - Meet Dana Bell. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/03/my…

My Job at the Library: Connecting Teachers with Primary Sources | Timeless

Danna Bell of Education Outreach discusses her job.

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Interesting @micahvandegrift: SerendipoCollectioDataMatic xitter.cf/thomasgpadilla/status/…
Tomorrow: @ALAlibrary libraries #readytocode Tweetchat Fri 3-10/3:30 ET to celebrate library coding #YYW17. Participate with #readytocode
Here are the slides from my lightning talk on Linked Data + Archives + Special Collections! goo.gl/6tKTo7 #c4l17 #linkeddata
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"Wikipedia builds a digital library system" buff.ly/2lZ4ART this has huge potential to impact access and use of scholarship.
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Crowd sourcing neighborhood observations "connects local signs of change to bigger trends over time"@juliakumari @iseechange #infoneeds – at Miami, FL
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RT @AndreaWiggins: how #citizenscience led to the discovery of a new amphibian species in #India! phy.so/403944779

A frog in kingfisher's clothing

A coastal survey in western India has spawned the discovery of a new species hiding in plain sight.

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RT @SmithsonianFolk: museums as creative hubs for all ages s.si.edu/2k8LaqB
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RT @karirene69: Using Internet Archive @wayback_exe to save or access archived websites: blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/… @mitlibraries

If You See Something, Save Something – 6 Ways to Save Pages In the Wayback Machine - Internet...

In recent days many people have shown interest in making sure the Wayback Machine has copies of the web pages they care about most. These saved pages can be cited, shared, linked to - and they will...

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RT @IHRDigHist: Tues - Keith McClelland on Documenting British slave-owners in the Carribbean c.1763-c.1860 #dhist ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2…
Thank you, @SlaughterKarin! And thanks to @paulapoundstone, too. Your advocacy on behalf of #libraries is so important. #LibrariesTransform xitter.cf/SlaughterKarin/status/…
Karin Slaughter@SlaughterKarin29 Jan 2017
More important now than ever before. Support your local libraries, y'all, and the awesome people who work there!
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Omeka@omeka20 Dec 2016
Just added to Sites Using Omeka: Floyd County (Kentucky) History Collection omeka.org/codex/Sites_Using_… #libraries #localhistory
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