RESOURCE: Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage

Mia Ridge (Open University) announced that her edited volume, Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage is now available for purchase.

“Crowdsourcing, or asking the general public to help contribute to shared goals, is increasingly popular in memory institutions as a tool for digitising or computing vast amounts of data. This book brings together for the first time the collected wisdom of international leaders in the theory and practice of crowdsourcing in cultural heritage. It features eight accessible case studies of groundbreaking projects from leading cultural heritage and academic institutions, and four thought-provoking essays that reflect on the wider implications of this engagement for participants and on the institutions themselves.

 

 

Author: Caro Pinto

Librarian & Instructional Technology Liaison
Mount Holyoke College