Glad to see this discussion. Pinging Alex Stinson for this discussion in case he has any insights to add from a GLAM perspective.
Pine On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:48 AM, David Cuenca Tudela <dacu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> what might be the significant role our unique advantage might play in 15 >> years? >> > > There are some circumstantial aspects that might be relevant for > Wikisource: > - With the emergence of machine learning, do volunteers really need to > spend so much time formatting? Or will we able to use our data to train a > system to do some pre-formatting for us? > - With the existing flood of data, can we consider ws as a relevancy > setter? If a document has been transcribed/imported into wikisource, is > that enough to make the document relevant? > - Considering that not all libraries might have the resources to develop > their own platform, can Wikisource be used as a neutral platform by > external agents as a complement to their own infrastructure? > > Regarding the 15 years time frame, it might be a good exercise to examine > different scenarios. Yes, one could be to think big, to expect growth and a > favorable environment. But what about the opposite? What if there are > *less* people able to contribute? > > Cheers, > Micru > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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