Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on Tuesday 3 March 2015 from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The chat will be hosted by Vinayak Das Gupta, a PhD student in Trinity College Dublin and will focus on CURATING THE Continue reading #AskLetters1916 chat: 3 March | Curating the Crowdsourced
Professor Susan Schreibman from the Letters of 1916 project spoke about digital preservation and knowledge loss in the digital age on The Right Hook on Newstalk on Thursday 19 February 2015. Following a recent statement from Google’s vice-president Vint Cerf Continue reading Professor Susan Schreibman speaks to George Hook about Knowledge Loss in the Digital Age
Letters of 1916 project awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The funding will allow the Letters Continue reading Letters of 1916 project awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
In the past month You transcribed 233426 characters of which 95% was by the top 20 transcribers. We welcomed 86 new users and we have achieved a new record: Anne Bowes (Annie) from Limerick transcribed 91871 characters! This is almost double what each Continue reading Progress update: January 2015