The Vermillion Public Library and the library at the University of South Dakota have teamed up to teach community members how ...

Recently, I transcribed a journal kept by Captain Robert Bartlett, written during the last voyage of the Karluk, the flagship of Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition. The ...

If you’re a history buff and looking for something to do while at home, the Library of Congress, National Archives and Smithsonian Institute may have just the thing for you. The entities are looking ...

LOS ANGELES - Just finished watching “The Wire” for the umpteenth time? Listened through each and every one of your friends’ Spotify playlists? If you’re looking for a new way to keep your mind and ...

Armchair historians with a knack for reading scratchy handwriting can now help the Smithsonian Institution with a giant effort to preserve thousands of historical letters and journals online. The ...

A few months ago, the 72-year-old retired Federal Aviation Administration public information officer signed up to be a “Citizen Archivist” with the National Archives, the nation’s official repository ...

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MSU Libraries Coordinator of Manuscripts and Associate Professor Jennifer McGillan reviews historic documents that are part of the Lantern Project, an MSU-led collaboration to digitize and transcribe ...

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Documents by Readdle has launched Audio and Video Transcribe. The new tool is available for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, According to the folks at Readdle, the transcription feature in Documents is ...