Transcribe Bentham
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IDENTIFICATION
- Beta start date : N/A
- End date : Still open.
- Humanities > Literature (other)
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⇳ Description [[Has project description::Transcribe Bentham is a an award-winning participatory project based at University College London. Its aim is to engage the public in the online transcription of original and unstudied manuscript papers written by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the great philosopher and reformer, via a transcription interface based on a customised [MediaWiki]. "Transcribe Bentham emerged out of initial discussions between Professor Philip Schofield, the Director of the Bentham Project, and Martin Moyle of UCL Library Services, regarding the production of a digital Bentham resource for a forthcoming Arts and Humanities Research Council funding call. Martin proposed the establishment of a resource to facilitate crowdsourced transcription of the Bentham Papers, and a potential partnership between the Bentham Project, UCL Library Services, UCL’s Centre for Digital Humanities, and the University of London Computer Centre. After an initial meeting between Professor Schofield, Martin, Dr Melissa Terras (UCL DH), and Richard Davis (ULCC), hosted by Library Services, the project consortium was formed."(About Us, official project page)]] ➠ Purpose Digital images of Jeremy Benthams’ published manuscripts are transcribed by volunteers to ensure long term preservation of the Philosophers works. ? Research question
TEAM
University College London, 26 Gordon Square, London, WC1.
Project team page http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/people/ Leader: Philip Schofield Institution: Partner institutions: Contact: transcribe.bentham@ucl.ac.uk
USER TASKS
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PARTICIPATION TYPOLOGY: crowdsourcing
GAMING GENRE NONE
GAMING ELEMENTS: Points
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GUIDANCE
- Tutorial: ✓
- Peer to peer guidance: Somewhat
- Training sequence: Somewhat
- Individual performance: Somewhat
- Collective performance: Somewhat
- Research progress: Somewhat
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COMMUNITY
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- Main news site: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/
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PROJECT
Url:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project
Start date: 2010/09/08
End date: Still open
TEAM
Official team page:http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/people/
Leader: Philip Schofield
Contact: transcribe.bentham@ucl.ac.uk
Main location: University College London, 26 Gordon Square, London, WC1.
PROJECT DEFINITION
Subject
Humanities > Literature (other)
Description
Transcribe Bentham is a an award-winning participatory project based at University College London. Its aim is to engage the public in the online transcription of original and unstudied manuscript papers written by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the great philosopher and reformer, via a transcription interface based on a customised [MediaWiki]. "Transcribe Bentham emerged out of initial discussions between Professor Philip Schofield, the Director of the Bentham Project, and Martin Moyle of UCL Library Services, regarding the production of a digital Bentham resource for a forthcoming Arts and Humanities Research Council funding call. Martin proposed the establishment of a resource to facilitate crowdsourced transcription of the Bentham Papers, and a potential partnership between the Bentham Project, UCL Library Services, UCL’s Centre for Digital Humanities, and the University of London Computer Centre. After an initial meeting between Professor Schofield, Martin, Dr Melissa Terras (UCL DH), and Richard Davis (ULCC), hosted by Library Services, the project consortium was formed."(About Us, official project page)
Purpose.
Digital images of Jeremy Benthams’ published manuscripts are transcribed by volunteers to ensure long term preservation of the Philosophers works.
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OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION
Bentham.jpg Yes [[has completion level::Low]
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/people/
University College London, 26 Gordon Square, London, WC1. transcribe.bentham@ucl.ac.uk
Yes Literature Humanities other Digital images of Jeremy Benthams’ published manuscripts are transcribed by volunteers to ensure long term preservation of the Philosophers works.
Transcribe Bentham
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