This document discusses the concept of creating digital collections through crowdsourcing, emphasizing the engagement of the public in sharing objects and stories online. It highlights the challenges and advantages of involving non-digitally literate contributors and poses key questions to consider in this process. The document is associated with various projects at the University of Oxford, showcasing a model for community collection and public participation in cultural heritage.

1. Creating digital collections
through crowdsourcing
Dr Ylva Berglund Prytz
Education Enhancement
Academic IT
University of Oxford
ylva.berglund@it.ox.ac.uk| @runcoco CC BY-SA @ RunCoCo, University of Oxford
unless otherwise stated

2. @Joseph Keersebilck

3. Petros Hadjichristodoulou
@Όμηρος Χατζηστυλλής
Július Kňazeje
@Jana Judinyová – Babirátová
Vittorio Cortelletti
@Daniela Andreotti
Domenico Zappettini
@Domenico Zappettini
Alphonse Reubrecht
@Joseph Keersebilck
Oswin Arthur Ellrich
@Helge Hemme
Henri Vanderdonck
@Eddy Verschueren
Walter Fielder
@Keith Fielder

4. Image by Martin Dennis Fryatt CC BY-SA
http://europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/11231
Community Collection
material shared by the general public
or a particular community
(usually through crowdsourcing)

5. Crowdsourcing
“asking the general public to help contribute to
shared goals” (Ridge 2014)
“a convenient label for a diverse range of
activities and projects involving the public doing
something to, or with, content.” (Dunn and Hedges 2014)

6. CC BY-SA-NC Media Specialist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaspecialist/3741404691/

7. crowdsourcing online
+
targeted interaction
Oxford Community Collection Model

10. © Stuart Lee
© Ashmolean Museum
©BruceGilchrist
© Ian Harvey
© Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz
These items are from Project Woruldhord, University of Oxford (http://projects.oucs.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord);

12. All items from
© The Warden and Fellows of Merton College
© Barry Press
© Chris Madell
Merton@750: An Anniversary Collection
at http://share.merton.ox.ac.uk

13. These items are from The Great War Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa)
made available under the JISC Model Licence (use for educational, non-commercial purposes)
@Tony Carr
@Robert Johnson
@ Janet Mercer
Collection

14. Attention

15. Engagement

16. © Age Exchange
“Since we cannot experience everything, other
people’s experiences, and hence other people,
become the surrogate for knowledge.”
Stephenson (1998)

17. © Age Exchange
“When information – the basis of
knowledge – changes, the knowledge of a
field also changes”.
Siemens (2006)

18. Three questions:
• What happens if you invite people to share their
objects and stories through an online collection?
• How do you get contributions from people who
are not digitally literate, or who do not have time
to take part?
• Are there any benefits or drawbacks of turning to
the public instead of doing it all yourself?

19. Contact us:
RunCoCo , University of Oxford
http://runcoco.oucs.ox.ac.uk/
Email: runcoco@it.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 01865 283 686
@runcoco
RunCoCo, University of Oxford

20. Creating digital collections
through crowdsourcing
Dr Ylva Berglund Prytz
Education Enhancement
Academic IT
University of Oxford
ylva.berglund@it.ox.ac.uk| @runcoco CC BY-SA @ RunCoCo, University of Oxford
unless otherwise stated

21. http://youtu.be/wsUnCAPwv90
Further context.
Video interview (3 min 13) illustrating what we
do and why we are doing it