Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/MJ1VQb6 Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage By: Ridge, Mia, Ms Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781472410221, 147241022X eText ISBN: 9781472410245, 1472410246 Format: EPUB Available from $ 49.98 USD SKU 9781472410245R90 Crowdsourcing, or asking the general public to help contribute to shared goals, is increasingly popular in memory institutions as a tool for digitising or computing vast amounts of data. This book brings together for the first time the collected wisdom of international leaders in the theory and practice of crowdsourcing in cultural heritage. It features eight accessible case studies of groundbreaking projects from leading cultural heritage and academic institutions, and four thought-provoking essays that reflect on the wider implications of this engagement for participants and on the institutions themselves. Crowdsourcing in cultural heritage is more than a framework for creating content: as a form of mutually beneficial engagement with the collections and research of museums, libraries, archives and academia, it benefits both audiences and institutions. However, successful crowdsourcing projects reflect a commitment to developing effective interface and technical designs. This book will help practitioners who wish to create their own crowdsourcing projects understand how other institutions devised the right combination of source material and the tasks for their Additional ISBNs 9781472410221, 9781317156857, 147241022X, 1317156854
