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Places remaining - still time to book! From: Dawson,H Sent: 30 June 2015 13:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: using crowd sourcing to enhance library and archive services- ALISS half day event 12th august Crowdsourcing the Library and Archive ALISS half day conference 12th August 2015 2.00-4.30 Coventry University London Campus University House, 109 -117 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7JF www.coventry.ac.uk/londoncampus<http://www.coventry.ac.uk/londoncampus> 14.00-16.30 On 12th August 2015, ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences) http://www.alissnet.org.uk will be holding a half-day conference on crowdsourcing. It will consider how knowledge and discovery of our collections can be enhanced by this method and how it might be used to aid future collection development. The four presentations will consider the challenges and opportunities offered in a variety of settings, providing practical advice based on their experiences. Presenters will include: Dr Aquiles Alencar Brayner and Stella Wisdom, British Library who will, discuss recent innovative British Library projects including: The Georeferencer project (http://www.bl.uk/maps/georefabout.html) and Sounds of our Shores (http://www.bl.uk/sounds-of-our-shores) Crowdsourcing Objects: repurposing the 1980s arcade console for scholarly image classification (http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2015/06/bl-labs-competition-winners-for-2015.html Diane Bell, Research Librarian, City University will discuss a number of projects concerning Crowdsourcing student content at City University London Library. These will include the Read for Research campaign www.city.ac.uk/library/read-for-research<http://www.city.ac.uk/library/read-for-research> and Employability guide. http://libguides.city.ac.uk/employability Dr Ylva Berglund Prytz, Senior Research Officer RunCoCo team who will discuss the experiences of using the Oxford Community Collection model to create digital collections and engage an audience. The Oxford Community Collection Model brings together online crowdsourcing and targeted interaction, and has been successfully used to create digital, user-generated collections since 2008. The model has been used to create collections of different size and scope, including an international archive of World War 1 memorabilia (http://europeana1914-1918.eu/), a treasure trove of freely available Anglo-Saxon educational material (http://projects.oucs.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/) and a time capsule relating to 750 years of college life in Oxford (http://share.merton.ox.ac.uk). David Tomkins, Project Manager, Bodleian Digital Library, University of Oxford Kathryn Eccles, Digital Humanities Champion, University of Oxford will provide an overview of the What's the score? project, http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/finding-resources/special/projects/whats-the-score which added metadata to digitised music scores as well as an update on recent student-input-based initiatives in Oxford. Cost: Members £30 Non-members £40 Including mid-afternoon refreshments Email heather Dawson To book [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme 1.45 Registration 2.00-Welcome and Introduction 2.00-2.30 Dr Ylva Berglund Prytz, Senior Research Officer RunCoCo team What happens if you invite people to share their objects and stories through an online collection? How do you get contributions from people who are not digitally literate, or who do not have time to take part? Are there any benefits or drawbacks of turning to the public instead of doing it all yourself? In this presentation I will discuss these questions in the context of our experiences of using the Oxford Community Collection model to create digital collections and engage an audience. The Oxford Community Collection Model brings together online crowdsourcing and targeted interaction, and has been successfully used to create digital, user-generated collections since 2008. The model has been used to create collections of different size and scope, including an international archive of World War 1 memorabilia (http://europeana1914-1918.eu/), a treasure trove of freely available Anglo-Saxon educational material (http://projects.oucs.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/) and a time capsule relating to 750 years of college life in Oxford (http://share.merton.ox.ac.uk). What happens if you invite people to share their objects and stories through an online collection? How do you get contributions from people who are not digitally literate, or who do not have time to take part? Are there any benefits or drawbacks of turning to the public instead of doing it all yourself? In this presentation I will discuss these questions in the context of our experiences of using the Oxford Community Collection model to create digital collections and engage an audience. 2.30- 3.00 David Tomkins, Project Manager, Bodleian Digital Library, University of Oxford Kathryn Eccles, Digital Humanities Champion, University of Oxford 3.00- 3.20 refreshments! 3.20 - 3.50 Dr Aquiles Alencar Brayner and Stella Wisdom, British Library Crowdsourcing projects. 3.50-4.20 Diane Bell, Research Librarian, City University. Crowdsourcing student content at City University London Library 4.20 round up