Researchers: streamline your research

For most archival researchers, it’s a familiar picture. You’ve placed requests for document scans to multiple institutions, and they all require different payments and methods of communication. Did you place that request via email? Or yet another online portal? I guess you could ask your colleague to scan the documents for you, but they’re not going on that trip for another 3 months. Wait, what about the graduate student you hired in that other city? Haven’t heard back from them in a while, it’s probably time to reach out and see what they’ve scanned… 

What a headache! What if instead of going around in circles trying to keep everything together, you were able to simply request and receive all of your document scanning needs in one place, no email needed? Look no further! 

Using Sourcery’s intuitive, simple dashboard, you can submit all your document scan requests for quick fulfillment by a local archives user, called a Sourcerer. Each request has its own progress tracker, so you can easily follow along as your Sourcerer schedules an appointment, goes to the archive, and uploads your scans. Additionally, each request has a dedicated chat feature to provide an easy line of communication between you and the Sourcerer for each job. One location to create and manage all your document scan requests? Yes, please! 

Getting started with Sourcery is easy, too. Just go to go.sourceryapp.org and create an account. That’s it! If you’d like to read more about Sourcery, visit our Researcher’s page at sourceryapp.org/researchers/ or read our Researcher Handbook. Still have questions? Visit our FAQs, post a question in our forums, or contact us at info@sourceryapp.org. Happy Sourcing!