Crowdsourcing: How and why should libraries do it?

D-Lib Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages

  Holley, Rose ^a  

^a National Library of Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizen science.; Crowdsourcing; Digital libraries; Digital volunteers; Social engagement; Text correction; Virtual volunteering; Web 2.0; Wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953263934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10829873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1045/march2010-holley     Document Type: Article

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