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Crowdsourcing and NCpediag pCrowdsourcing for content for an online resource
Michelle CzaikowskiGovernment & Heritage Library State Library of North CarolinaGovernment & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina
NC Department of Cultural Resources
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BackgroundBackground• State Library’s NC Encyclopedia contained about 70 static web
pages in 2009.b h l d h d• NC LIVE became a technical partner in 2009 to provide hosting and
support for the site.• Sought new contributors and content partners in 2010.
NC di l ft B t S t 1 2010• NCpedia.org left Beta on Sept 1, 2010.• 2011 – awarded the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in
Reference and Adult Services by the Reference & User Services Assn of American Library Assnof American Library Assn.
• April 2011 – sought image contributors for county entries.• September 2011 – had user submitted images for all 100 counties. • January 2012 – contained about 700 pages of content• January 2012 contained about 700 pages of content.• February 2012 – partnership announced with UNC Press to add
Dictionary of NC Biography & Encyclopedia of NC to NCpedia. Three grant‐funded positions added to assist with expansion.g p p
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Crowdsourcing requestsCrowdsourcing requests
• 2010 – for entries2010 for entries
• 2011 – for images
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Crowdsourcing entries: Why?Crowdsourcing entries: Why?
• 2009 survey indicated that expanding the2009 survey indicated that expanding the topics covered by the former NC Encyclopedia was desirablewas desirable
• Forming partnerships was important to us –with other agencies institutions andwith other agencies, institutions, and individuals
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Crowdsourcing entriesCrowdsourcing entries
• Targeted audiencesTargeted audiences– Subject specialists – Writers– History enthusiasts
• Announcements via:Announcements via:– Listservs– Social media outlets (blogs, Facebook)( g , )– Email to all staff at Dept. of Cultural Resources
• Volunteers: payment = a byline + appreciationp y y pp
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A little help from our friends got the word outp g
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Crowdsourcing for entries: resultsCrowdsourcing for entries: results
• 33 individuals volunteered to write entries33 individuals volunteered to write entries
• 17 of them followed through
20 l i ib d• 20 total entries contributed
Figures above do not include those from whom we specifically solicited entries.
Some were from the list of “topics needed”Some were from the list of topics needed
Others were not, and were topics that otherwise may have been overlookedmay have been overlooked
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Crowdsourcing for entries: resultsCrowdsourcing for entries: results
Submissions varied:Submissions varied:
• Some only needed light editing
S i d f h ki d di i• Some required fact checking and more editing
• All were welcome additions
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Crowdsourcing for images: Why?Crowdsourcing for images: Why?
• We had entries for all 100 counties andWe had entries for all 100 counties, and needed images for them.
• We wanted to increase participation from “the• We wanted to increase participation from the crowd” for NCpedia.
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Crowdsourcing for images: FlickrCrowdsourcing for images: Flickr
• 4/21/2011 – Request posted to the4/21/2011 Request posted to the Government & Heritage Library blog, Facebook and Twitter asking for pictures ofFacebook, and Twitter asking for pictures of counties via Flickr.
• 9/12/2011 Had images of all 100 counties in• 9/12/2011 – Had images of all 100 counties in embedded slideshows from Flickr
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Crowdsourcing for images: LogisticsCrowdsourcing for images: Logistics
• Tag images “ncpedia” and the county nameTag images ncpedia and the county name.
• Slideshow is based on a search of those two terms and embedded in the profileterms, and embedded in the profile.
• Images in slideshows link to that image in the Fli k ’Flickr user’s account.
• 3,271 images tagged “ncpedia” on Flickr
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Showing appreciationShowing appreciation
• Sent personal notes via Flickr thanking usersSent personal notes via Flickr thanking users who tagged images with “ncpedia.” Added them to our contacts so we could easilythem to our contacts so we could easily recognize new users.
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Unexpected (but great) resultsUnexpected (but great) results
• Provided support for those who want toProvided support for those who want to contribute but are unfamiliar with the sites.
• Created a separate Flickr account just for• Created a separate Flickr account just for those images people send directly to us because they did not have their own Flickrbecause they did not have their own Flickraccount.
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Was it worth it?Was it worth it?
Absolutely!Absolutely!
k i f h• Marketing for the resource
• Community involvement
• Doesn’t mean less work for staff, just different work
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Interested in helping?Interested in helping?
• Tag images on Flickr with “ncpedia” andTag images on Flickr with ncpedia and “countynamecounty”!
• Volunteer to contribute an entry!• Volunteer to contribute an entry!
• Keep in touch with ideas, questions, etc.