Dear MCGers,
It's late notice but this seminar has been opened up to scholars and
cultural heritage folk in the region. If you come along, make sure to say
hello!
Cheers,
Mia
Crowdsourcing for information professionals
by CILIP: Multimedia Information & Technology Group
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wisdom-of-the-crowd-crowdsourcing-for-information-professionals-tickets-40879568891#listing-organizer>
Heritage Quay, The University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield,
HD1 3DH
Mon 19 March 2018, 13:00 – 16:30
*Programme outline*:
- Welcome and introduction (Alison McNab. University of Huddersfield)
- The phenomenon of crowdsourcing (Caroline Pringle, Senior Lecturer in
Journalism and Media, University of Huddersfield)
- Crowdsourcing: the British Library experience (Dr Mia Ridge, Digital
Curator, Digital Scholarship, The British Library)
- Refreshments
- Workshop activity: crowdsourcing in your service or workplace (Alison
McNab)
- Examples of crowdsourcing with Wikipedia:
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Wikipedia and open access / open data (Nick Sheppard, Research Data
Management Advisor, University of Leeds)
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Hosting a Wikipedia Editathon (Laura Woods, Subject Librarian, & Lindsay
Ince, Archivist and Records Manager, both at the University of Huddersfield)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wisdom-of-the-crowd-crowdsourcing-for-information-professionals-tickets-40879568891
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