DIY History: Building Digital Connections between Collections and Courses
Dublin Core
Title
DIY History: Building Digital Connections between Collections and Courses
Creator
Thomas M Keegan
Matthew Gilchrist
Paul A Soderdahl
Date
2015
Language
eng
Type
Conference Paper
Zotero
Item Type
Conference Paper
Abstract Note
In 2011 the University of Iowa Libraries began crowdsourcing the digital transcription of its manuscript archives. Four years and over 50,000 transcribed pages later, that project, known as DIY History, has garnered considerable internet attention via Buzzfeed, Twitter, Tumblr, and the NBC News blog. At the same time, it has been threaded into undergraduate classrooms at Iowa as a means of introducing students to primary source research, information literacy, and multimodal design.
Date
2015
Extra
Issue: 2015
Language
eng
Pages
30 slides
Place
San Diego, California
Proceedings Title
Digital Initiatives Symposium
Title
DIY History: Building Digital Connections between Collections and Courses
Collection
Citation
Thomas M Keegan, Matthew Gilchrist, and Paul A Soderdahl, “DIY History: Building Digital Connections between Collections and Courses,” Omeka01, accessed October 23, 2026, https://www.omeka01.611b.net/items/show/40.