1. ENGAGING USERS
AND ENHANCING
DATA THROUGH
COMMUNITYSOURCING
SHARON M. LEON
@SLEONCHNM
WEBWISE 2014

2. OUTLINE
• Backstory
• Collections
• Community (Converging Interests
and Needs)
• Publicity
• Relationships and Rewards
• Tools

3. CROWDSOURCING
“Hobbyists, part-timers, and dabblers suddenly
have a market for their efforts, as smart companies
in industries as disparate as pharmaceuticals and
television discover ways to tap the latent talent of
the crowd. The labor isn’t always free, but it costs
a lot less than paying traditional employees. It’s
not outsourcing; it’s crowdsourcing.”
-- Jeff Howe, “The Rise of Crowdsourcing,” Wired 14:06
(June 2006).
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html

15. COLLECTIONS
• What is already digital?
• What kinds of data would help
improve access to your
collections?
• What don’t you already know?

16. COMMUNITY
• Hobbyists
• Researchers
• Heritage Groups
• Loyal patrons of the
organization
• Skill-builders

17. WHERE DO
YOUR
INTERESTS
CONVERGE?
CONNECTION AND INVESTMENT

22. PUBLICITY
• Listservs
• Community organizations
• News media
• Interest group sites
• Content updates
• Twitter

25. STAFFING
• Content and environment
preparation
• User account approval
• Contribution support and
supervision
• Content refresh
• Publicity and outreach

26. TOOLS
• Scripto: http://scripto.org
• From the Page:
http://beta.fromthepage.com/
• Google Doc with transcription tools:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/
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28. ENGAGING USERS
AND ENHANCING
DATA THROUGH
COMMUNITYSOURCING
SHARON M. LEON
@SLEONCHNM
WEBWISE 2014