Transcribe Bentham JISC Content Programme Meeting 19 th

Transcribe Bentham JISC Content Programme Meeting 19 th May 2010 Valerie Wallace & Justin Tonra An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Topics • • What is Transcribe Bentham? VW How to involve transcribers? VW Publicity campaign. VW General technical aims. JT Constructing & testing transcrip tool. JT Eventual outcomes. JT Questions for audience? VW/JT An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

What is Transcribe Bentham? A participatory initiative which harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to facilitate the transcription of c. 12, 500 manuscript papers An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

A Bentham Manuscript An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

What does it involve? • Capturing images of c. 12, 500 manuscripts held in UCL’s library An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

• Next these images are deposited in Digi. Tool • They are then linked to the mediawiki and made available for transcription • Meanwhile existing transcriptions from the collection are encoded in TEI An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Results? • On-line and fully searchable database • A discussion forum to facilitate interest in Bentham • New published editions for the Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham based on the transcriptions An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Crowdsourcing: how to engage transcribers Publicity campaign to target 3 main groups • Schools and Colleges • Academic Community • Amateur Enthusiasts and General Public An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Schools and Colleges • Advertisements, links and notices on online resource banks, newsletters, websites • Commercial adverts in TES or BBC History Magazine • Outreach to Schools (class trips, information sessions and packs) An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Academic Community • Contact co-ordinators of palaeography, research methods and preservation classes • Post notices on websites and in newsletters, journals • Send notification to various discussion groups and mailing lists • Approach the IHR and HEA An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Amateur Enthusiasts and General Public • • • Information sessions and visits Google Ad. Words Distribute flyers Draft a press release and contact media Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Wikipedia An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

Transcribe Bentham on Facebook, Twitter and the Blogosphere An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

http: //www. benthampapers. ucl. ac. uk/ An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/

An Initiative of the Bentham Project, University College London. http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/transcribe-bentham/