Online Behavior, Digital Literacy, & Seeking Info Safely
Last week, Ofcom (UK) released a qualitative study of internet behavio(u)r and the results are both predictable and fascinating. One key given is that experiences were dictated by levels of digital...
View ArticleEditors Unite: Expeditions & Explorers
On Friday, I was pleased to co-host Expeditions & Explorers – a Wikipedia edit-a-thon bringing new and experienced editors together with focus on materials from the Field Book Project. Below are...
View ArticleSmithsonian Institution Transcription Center in Beta
We launched the Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Transcription Center Friday 21 June as a collaborative, crowdsourced process that aims to bring digitized collections out from archives and museums. We...
View ArticleFree Thinking: Models of Knowledge Construction
Just a few quick notes — “free thinking” in the spirit of #showyourwork — and on the subject of the production and construction of knowledge*. This spring/summer I’ve observed at least three separate...
View ArticleDoing it well: Communication and Discourse work in the fandom
In this post, I summarize specific actions and communication in a fandom in a social networking space, focusing on how discourse work can be seen in their daily activities. This post shifts focus from...
View ArticleDANG: It’s on in Chicago
Last week, I received confirmation that the Digital Anthropology group – DANG – panel was accepted for the American Anthropological Association 2013 Conference. As a reminder, I’ll be discussing the...
View ArticleKeyword Round-up: June on Academia.edu
Exploring my June Academia.edu analytics report featuring minimal use of keywords but increased views. In June, I was a busy bee preparing for the Expeditions & Explorers Edit-a-thon and concurrent...
View ArticleKeyword Round-up: July on Academia.edu
Another monthly round-up of my Academia.edu analytics, with increased visitors and a new paper release in July. In July 2013, my Academia.edu profile and work entertained 214 “visits” in the form of...
View ArticleHistorically Speaking: Transcription, Collaboration, & Crowdsourcing
Last week, Forbes’ contributor Nathan Raab wrote about transcription, collaboration, and crowdsourcing for his Historically Speaking blog. I’m quoted in the piece that focuses on the ways institutions...
View ArticleSmithsonian Transcription Center: Growing as a Community (Blogpost)
The Smithsonian Transcription Center digital volunteers have grown into a community of volunpeers–collaborators dependent on the work and input of the group–in just over a year. In this post for...
View ArticleDreamy Digital Engagement at SXSW Interactive
At SXSW Interactive, I was on the trail of engagement, interaction, communication, and online collaboration – from opening sessions to my crowdsourcing panel on 12 March and beyond. In November 2015, I...
View ArticleVolunpeers: Hashtag, Identity, & Collaborative Engagement
“Volunpeers” is a flexible term for volunteers, organizations, and institutions to succinctly represent the knowledge-building activities and collaborative enterprise in which they are engaged. When...
View ArticleAll that Glitters is GLAM: Gold MUSE Awards
The Smithsonian Transcription Center won a Gold MUSE Award for Digital Communities from the Alliance of Media & Technology in May at the Alliance of American Museum conference in Washington, D.C....
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