Many archives, museums, universities and research institutes have successfully used the platform and the deployment of volunteers in recent years. More than a hundred unique collections have already been described by the crowd and millions of scans have been provided with metadata. Did you know that more than 1,300 volunteers have written and checked 6 million personal cards within a year? High time to digitize your unique collection and present it to 'our crowd'.
Involvement
On Heritage Helpers, every heritage institution can offer one or more collections to the general public. Together with you we determine the best way to have your source enriched and provided with metadata. We set up the project for you, you write clear and straightforward input instructions and the volunteers do the work. They can do this online, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. During the project, make sure you are available at regular times for questions and feedback. Volunteers can contact you directly through our forum. The interaction on the platform between the heritage institutions, the volunteers and the Heritage Helpers team contributes to the success of the platform.
Quality
The quality of the work delivered is high. In addition to the passion of the participants, we ensure that a scan is entered by at least two volunteers. If there is a difference, it will be submitted to a third party importer and the scan will be corrected or returned to the volunteers to be re-entered. This way the chance of errors is very small.
For more information about Heritage Helpers and current projects, visit: https://heritagehelpers.org/