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The changing world of libraries | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - SlideShare by Lee Rainie

"The changing world of libraries: Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, will discuss the Project’s latest research about how people use technology and how people use libraries. He will discuss the implications of this work for libraries."

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Text correction in Aussie newspapers (crowdsourcing) - Youtube

Text correction in Aussie newspapers (crowdsourcing) - Youtube | The Information Professional | Scoop.it

TroveNLA's Channel - YouTube - Via Scoop.it - Future Trends in Libraries Rose Holley, Manager of Australian...

 

"Rose Holley, Manager of Australian Newspapers and Trove at the National Library of Australia speaks on the success of newspaper text correction by public volunteers. Over the last 3 years more than 40,000 online volunteers have improved the accuracy of searching within 150 years of Australian Newspapers. They have done this by correcting over 51 million lines of text. This activity is referred to as crowdsourcing..."

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