Tag Archives: crowdsourcing

Come transcribe our items!

Posted on February 9, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Delivery Methodology | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Recently, we talked about adding your own metadata to photos through our new Acumen tagging pane. Today, the focus is on something a bit more involved but maybe even more important: transcribing handwritten documents. Why transcribe? Did you know that many … Continue reading →

Come tag our photos!

Posted on January 13, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Acumen, Delivery Methodology | Tagged | 1 Comment

We’re proud to announce that Acumen now has integrated tagging functionality. But what the heck does that mean? Let’s say you’re looking at an item in Acumen and you think: How in the world would someone interested in X find this item … Continue reading →

Acumen 3.0 is here!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Acumen, Delivery Methodology | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Recently, we unveiled the newest version of our search tool, Acumen 3.0! Its new indexer (among other improvements) helps put more data at your fingertips faster. See more info on the results page The easiest way to get you more … Continue reading →

Early history of the University of Alabama?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, UA History | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We’ve just loaded a box of the Manly Family papers into the transcription interface, in the hopes that YOU would like to transcribe correspondence and diaries relating to the early history of the University of Alabama. Basil Manly, Sr. (1798-1868) … Continue reading →

Transcribe our letters!

Posted on December 12, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Delivery Methodology | Tagged , | Leave a comment

UA Libraries has installed web-based transcription software (Omeka and Scripto) to enable anyone to transcribe old letters and documents online.  I’ve uploaded a box of correspondence from the Cabaniss collection (about a wealthy landowner who wanted to free his slaves … Continue reading →

Come tag our photos!!

Posted on November 18, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, Software | Tagged | Leave a comment

We haven’t yet branded the interface — but we have loaded the first 3 collections of images into Steve-Museum tagging software for experimentation. These are images for which we have very little description — or none at all! We are … Continue reading →