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The act of inviting the public to substantially contribute to project work. In the practice of editing and recovery, public engagement may include involving the public in the conceptualization of the project, crowd-sourcing transcriptions or annotations, and more.
Upcoming Events
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Event Category:Association for Documentary Editing 2025: “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies”
June 16, 2025 1:00 pm
From June 16—18, the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will gather virtually to reflect on theme of "Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies." Sessions wil explore best practices, innovative approaches, and boundary-expanding projects within the capacious field of editing, publishing, and recovering historical or literary texts. For more details about the conference, visit https://www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?page_id=3277.
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Your First Crowdsourcing Project: A Webinar with FromThePage
July 28, 2025 12:00 pm
Join Ben and Sara Brumfield of FromThePage as they step you through your first crowdsourcing project. The session covers selecting material, finding volunteers, developing transcription conventions, keeping volunteers engaged, and what to do with your transcriptions once you're done.
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About the eLabs Website Launch
We would like to take a moment to introduce you to what you can find on our site today and what you can expect to find on it in the coming months.
What People Say
From the beginning, the Papers of Martin Van Buren has used undergraduate students on the project to help support Cumberland University’s mission of providing them with “a contemporary liberal arts education.” We are committed to giving students the opportunity to make an original contribution to the historical field. The one-on-one training and mentorship in which project staff engage also prepare students to practice equitable collegiality in their future careers.
Mark Cheathem, Papers of Martin Van Buren