HIS 218
Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing

Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach, Normandy France, 2010, site of the D-Day landings in June 1944. Photo courtesy Anne Stewart.

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Short introduction

Here, I'm going to introduce you the idea of crowd-sourcing projects, such as the hunt for Genghis Khan. There are many of these projects available now, but as with all digital projects it is very important that a project (tool) be especially well-designed so that it can be used. My scripto tool to enable public transcription of selected documents is clearly not as well done as the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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