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Internet Librarian October 26, 2015Kenn Bicknell
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (USA)
MAPS, MUSIC & MORE: Crowd-sourcing metadata
for digital assets
--Alec Ross,
Former senior advisor for innovation
for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
2013
“The 21st Century is a terrible time to be a
control freak.”
Crowd-sourcing: Then & Now
“Amateur” vs. “Expert”
Identification projects
Transcription projects
Mapping projects
User-generated content projects
Types of GLAM crowd-sourcing
Identification: Museum of Design in Plastics (U.K.)
Identification: Smithsonian Freedmen’s Bureau Project
Transcription: U.S. National Archives
Identification: Bodleian scores (U.K.)
Transcription: Letters to Einstein
Transcription: Old Weather
Mapping: Year of The Bay
Mapping: New York Public Library MapWarper
Mapping: New York Public Library Space/Time Directory
User-Generated Content: 9/11 Archive
New goals without old limits (time / finances / resources)New virtual communities & user groupsInvolving & engaging communityUtilizing public knowledge, expertise & interestsImproving quality & value of dataData discoverable in different ways for diverse audiencesNew insight on user desires / interestsDemonstrating GLAM value by listening to communityEncouraging a sense of public ownership & responsibility
Benefits & Opportunities
Front-end effort for small or narrow projects with no environmental scan
Competition from digital content providersDistraction of gaming / engagement opportunitiesSocial pressure against crowdsourcing expertisePotential for “disintermediation” of GLAM professionals?
Challenges & Risks
Organizing the Crowd of Crowds
THANK YOU!
Kenn BicknellDigital Resources Librarian
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (USA)
[email protected]/library
