The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on 1 July from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat is:
CROWDSOURCING
What is crowdsourcing?
Crowdsourcing involves engaging a community of users to carry out tasks that cannot be completed by a computer. The Letters of 1916 project is crowdsourcing a digital collection of letters written around the time of the Easter Rising by asking the public to contribute copies of letters to the database or transcribe previously uploaded letters. The success of any crowdsourced project depends on its community of volunteers.
For more detailed information on crowd-sourcing Digital Humanities projects, read this post by the Digital Humanities Network.
Participate in the #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat.
Are you involved with the Letters of 1916 project, or do you have an interest in crowdsourcing projects in general? On 1 July, tweet any questions, comments, observations you may have about crowdsourcing humanities projects using the #AskLetters1916 hashtag. The Letters of 1916 project team will be online from 5.30 – 6.30pm to engage with the discussion. Let us know in advance if you will be joining the chat – we’d love to hear from you.
Tweet the team!
The people behind Letters of 1916 are on Twitter:
Professor Susan Schreibman | Twitter: @schreib100
Karolina Badzmierowska | Twitter: @karolinabadz
Emma Clarke | Twitter: @clarke__emma
Richard Hadden | Twitter: @oculardexterity
Brian Hughes | Twitter: @Brianhughes57
To read a Storify version of how the chat went, check out this post.