Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Wine Loving Developer at University of California, Davis
That may well be true, but ‘getting the job done’ isn’t the only aspect of a crowdsourcing project. It can be used to engage an audience more deeply in the collection and give them some investment in it. This can help with overall visibility of the collection on the web (through those people who have engaged sharing what they are doing/seeing etc.), and future use, and be a platform for further projects. A project like this could also offer a way of experimenting with crowdsourcing in a low risk way. And of course the developer is needed for the visualisation aspect anyway, so the recruitment needs to happen and a wage needs to be paid anyway ... Whether all this balances out against the economics/efficiency of getting the job done in the cheapest possible way is a judgement that needs to be made, but I don’t think the simple economic argument is the only one in play here. Owen Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: o...@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936 > On 10 Dec 2015, at 23:42, James Morley wrote: > > I agree with Thomas's logic, if not the maths (surely $2,000?) > > I was going to do a few myself but it looks like comments have been disabled > on the Flickr images? > > > From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Thomas > Krichel [kric...@openlib.org] > Sent: 10 December 2015 23:17 > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Wine Loving Developer at University of > California, Davis > > j...@code4lib.org writes > > >> **PROJECT DETAILS** >> The UC Davis University Library is launching a project to digitize the >> [Amerine wine label >> collection](https://www.flickr.com/photos/brantley/sets/72 >> 157655817440104/with/21116552632/) > > Some look like hard to read. > >> and engage the public to transcribe the information contained on the >> labels and associated annotations. > > This may take a long time. I suggest rather than doing that, take > somebody in a low-income country who speaks French, say, and who will > type all the data in. That way you get consistency in the data. I > live in Siberia, I can find somebody there. Once this data is in a > simple text file, you can use in-house staff to attach it to the > label images in your systems. > > Crowdsource sounds cool, but for 4000 label it makes no sense. > If the typist gets $10/h, and gets 20 labels done in 1h, we > are talking $200. The visit you are planning for your developer > will cost that much. > -- > > Cheers, > > Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel > skype:thomaskrichel
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Wine Loving Developer at University of California, Davis
I agree with Thomas's logic, if not the maths (surely $2,000?) I was going to do a few myself but it looks like comments have been disabled on the Flickr images? From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Thomas Krichel [kric...@openlib.org] Sent: 10 December 2015 23:17 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Wine Loving Developer at University of California, Davis j...@code4lib.org writes > **PROJECT DETAILS** > The UC Davis University Library is launching a project to digitize the > [Amerine wine label collection](https://www.flickr.com/photos/brantley/sets/72 > 157655817440104/with/21116552632/) Some look like hard to read. > and engage the public to transcribe the information contained on the > labels and associated annotations. This may take a long time. I suggest rather than doing that, take somebody in a low-income country who speaks French, say, and who will type all the data in. That way you get consistency in the data. I live in Siberia, I can find somebody there. Once this data is in a simple text file, you can use in-house staff to attach it to the label images in your systems. Crowdsource sounds cool, but for 4000 label it makes no sense. If the typist gets $10/h, and gets 20 labels done in 1h, we are talking $200. The visit you are planning for your developer will cost that much. -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Wine Loving Developer at University of California, Davis
j...@code4lib.org writes > **PROJECT DETAILS** > The UC Davis University Library is launching a project to digitize the > [Amerine wine label collection](https://www.flickr.com/photos/brantley/sets/72 > 157655817440104/with/21116552632/) Some look like hard to read. > and engage the public to transcribe the information contained on the > labels and associated annotations. This may take a long time. I suggest rather than doing that, take somebody in a low-income country who speaks French, say, and who will type all the data in. That way you get consistency in the data. I live in Siberia, I can find somebody there. Once this data is in a simple text file, you can use in-house staff to attach it to the label images in your systems. Crowdsource sounds cool, but for 4000 label it makes no sense. If the typist gets $10/h, and gets 20 labels done in 1h, we are talking $200. The visit you are planning for your developer will cost that much. -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel
[CODE4LIB] Job: Wine Loving Developer at University of California, Davis
Wine Loving Developer University of California, Davis Davis, California **WHO WE ARE** The University of California, Davis is one of the world's leading cross- disciplinary research and teaching institutions. Its internationally renowned program in viticulture and enology (wine!) is legendary for having educated some of the most acclaimed winemakers in the world.(UC Davis is within easy commuting distance of San Francisco, the East Bay, Marin, and Sacramento. And, I mean, come on! Who else has a Meat Lab on their campus!) **WHAT** Help us build a tool/site to crowdsource the transcription of 4,000 historic wine labels and visualize that data. **WHERE** This is a short-term project (ie not a full-time job) so you can work wherever your desk currently resides and at whatever point in the day works for you. We would like to have the option to bring you out for a visit so that you can meet the team and see the collection so there might be a tiny bit of California travel required. And then, of course, communicate via Slack, Skype or Google Hangout. **PROJECT DETAILS** The UC Davis University Library is launching a project to digitize the [Amerine wine label collection](https://www.flickr.com/photos/brantley/sets/72 157655817440104/with/21116552632/) and engage the public to transcribe the information contained on the labels and associated annotations. Currently, the only digitally accessible information about these labels is a single entry in a library database - making them in effect "hidden" from view. By digitizing these labels and engaging the public to create a searchable database, anyone will be able to walk in Dr. Amerine's shoes as he pioneered a path through mid-century winemaking. By making this resource accessible digitally to an international audience, the library will be able to help researchers fill in gaps in their understanding of wine history--- historians, sommeliers, oenologists -- even novelists looking for period details, or graphic designers looking for inspiration. The core of the project hinges on creating a tool that allows for the crowd source transcription of structured data and then makes that data visible to the end user. How we get there is up to us (and you!). We're flexible as to the platform you want to use -- whether it's an existing crowd-sourced transcription tool like SCRIBE or a Wordpress site. **WHO YOU ARE** You're a self-started, motivated and curious about the world. Maybe you need one more standout portfolio project in order to be the front-runner for your dream job or just looking for a little something to keep you busy in the evening. **FORMAL STUFF** The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. (And we sell bacon; see first graph). To apply, please send cover letter and resume to the contact email. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/24579/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
