Thanks for sharing: a case study on crowdsourcing materials and metadata for digital collections.

Title:
Thanks for sharing : a case study on crowdsourcing materials and metadata for digital collections
Creator:
Sweeney, Sarah (Creator)
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Libraries (Creator)
Language:
English
Date created:
October 16, 2018
Type of resource:
Text
Genre:
Presentations
Texts (documents)
Format:
electronic
14 slides
Digital origin:
born digital
Abstract/Description:
When is crowdsourcing a useful tool for building a digital collection? This presentation explores the experiences of two Northeastern University projects that used crowdsourcing to solicit materials and metadata from the public: The Art of the March (http://artofthemarch.boston) and Our Marathon (https://marathon.library.northeastern.edu). Presented at the Digital Library Federation Forum, October 2018.--Author's abstract
Notes:
Information presented in October of 2018.
Subjects and keywords:
Crowdsourcing
Metadata
Library materials -- Digitization
Permanent URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20294117
Use and reproduction:
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