Category Archives: Crowdsourcing

Posts about crowdsourcing projects and methods.

Make session: Social Reading Toolkit

I propose to create an implementation toolkit for social reading.  I’d personally like to create a toolkit for academic libraries, but that’s open to the participants – we can make the toolkit as general or as specific as we need … Continue reading

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From Social Computing to Social Reading

In the final paragraph of his essay From Reading to Social Computing, Alan Liu asks, [W]hat is the differentia specifica of literary social computing? That is, how does engagement with literature or literary communities inflect, extend, or criticize the culturally … Continue reading

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Welcome to THATCamp Western New York 2013!

THATCamp Western New York 2013 will take place February 18-19, 2013 on the campus of the State University of New York at Geneseo. Join us for a two-day unconference of workshops and discussions on all forms of social reading, from … Continue reading

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