New EHRI Document Blog: Engaging the Crowd with Holocaust Oral Testimonies

EHRI Document Blog
Thursday, 1 February, 2018

The latest contribution to the EHRI Document Blog was written by Rebecca Dillmeier from USHMM. The post reports on an ongoing crowdsourcing project that addresses the search and discoverability challenges of large oral history collections. The post gives an insight into the experiences and challenges of using crowdsourcing for oral history transcripts to increase access to this rich resource.

It also shows the effects of offering a way for the public to engage with the collections, to interact with primary sources, and to learn more about Holocaust history. Describing the experiences and challenges of this process and the fruitful work with students, the project was realised with few resources and is something that could be accomplished by any institution.

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