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Project summary/background

This is a list of projects that allow for the contribution of crowdsourced transcription and sometimes tagging for digital collections housed by various cultural heritage institutions. Each one has different parameters and instructions. All of these are suitable for at-home work for cataloging staff.

Projects available

• Library of Congress historical document review, tagging, and transcription: https://crowd.loc.gov/

• Smithsonian transcription: https://transcription.si.edu/

• National Archives image tagging: https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist

• NYPL Oral History Collection transcription: http://oralhistory.nypl.org/improve

• Royal BC Museum transcription: http://transcribe.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/

• Oregon State Atomic Scientists letter transcription: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/ecas/letters-to-the-emergency-commi/index-of-letters

• George Mason Papers of the War Dept. transcription: https://wardepartmentpapers.org/scripto/s/home/1/1/item

• American Archive of Public Broadcasting transcription: http://fixitplus.americanarchive.org/

• Project Gutenberg transcription proofreading: https://www.pgdp.net/c/

• Directories of other similar projects:

  • https://www.fromthepage.com

  • https://www.zooniverse.org/projects

  • https://scifabric.com/projects/