<p>Instead of outsourcing tasks to providers using labor-intensive countries, libraries around the world increasingly appeal to the crowds of Internet users, making their relationship with users more collaborative . These internet users can be volunteers or paid, work consciously, unconsciously or i
Transforming Libraries and Archives through Crowdsourcing
β Scribed by Victoria Van Hyning, Samantha Blickhan, Laura Trouille, Chris Lintott
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- 2017
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- English
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- Library
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