Dear MCGers,

The Collective Wisdom project (that's me for the British Library, Meghan Ferriter for the Library of Congress and Sam Blickhan for Zooniverse) is currently running two short surveys with people who volunteer for or work ‘behind the scenes’ in crowdsourcing, citizen science, citizen history, digital / online volunteer projects, programmes, tools or platforms with cultural heritage collections.

Why? In March, a group of us will be gathering online to collaboratively write a book over two weeks. We’re very conscious of the fact that for a variety of reasons the book sprint necessarily excludes lots of people with useful experiences and perspectives, so we’d thought about different ways to incorporate more views into the process and final outcomes. Running the surveys in advance of our book sprint is part of our efforts to represent a wider range of projects and knowledge in our publications. We hope that we’ll get a great range of examples and perspectives to think with as we write.

To participate, follow the links below. Our ‘Case Study’ survey is designed for practitioners, while our ‘Volunteer Voice’ survey is designed for people who have taken part in crowdsourcing, citizen science, citizen history, digital / online volunteer projects. Please feel free to fill out one or both, depending on your personal experience, and share with someone else who might wish to contribute. Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences.

Collective Wisdom ‘Volunteer Voice’ survey: https://forms.gle/vMyUbuf2CrkTfXfF9

Collective Wisdom ‘Case Study’ survey: https://forms.gle/gZjkUtYKhLo8wGN1A

There's further information at https://collectivewisdomproject.org.uk/we-want-to-hear-from-you/

We're also developing an FAQ at https://hcommons.org/groups/crowdsourcing/forum/topic/getting-started-with-crowdsourcing-in-glams-and-academia-your-questions-sought/ and would love to hear from people who're thinking about working with crowdsourcing and have run into questions that need answers.

Cheers,

Mia

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