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Sourcerers: How to Choose a Job
Deciding which jobs to choose can be an exciting prospect if you enjoy spending time in archives. Here are some suggestions for key items to pay attention to when selecting a job. Interested in more resources? Our resident beta tester…
Continue ReadingTips for Sourcerers from a Beta Tester
đź‘‚Have you heard? We’re recruiting Sourcery Ambassadors to help us expand to new cities across the United States! Are you a current or recently graduated MLIS/MS/MA/PhD student who is passionate about archival research and digital research tools? Learn more &…
Continue ReadingSourcery History: how Sourcery is reimagining remote research
A problem researchers often face is wanting to track down a citation or consult a distant archival collection that just may be the linchpin for their argument. But if they aren’t able to travel to the archive, what can they…
Continue ReadingSourcery for the Oral Historian
Sourcery went on the road this past week to the Oral History Association’s Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia! While Sourcery does not currently support video or audio files to be sent or received through the app, we can still aid…
Continue ReadingSourcery Tutorials
Need a little help getting started in Sourcery? Well, agonize no longer! In this blog post you can find tutorials on how to place a request, claim a job, and complete a job. Let’s get to it! How to place…
Continue ReadingSourcery Pricing Part 2: Cost Comparisons
Now that we have some context for why Sourcery requests in Boston and New York cost $65 (which, if you missed it, we talked about in a previous blog post HERE), let’s take a step back and see how Sourcery’s…
Continue ReadingHow Researchers Can Access Historical Documents Faster!
Archival research is the foundation of historical and social inquiry. Primary sources, from government papers and organizational records to personal letters, diaries, and even train tickets, allow researchers to ask new questions, verify findings, and provide rich cultural context. However,…
Continue ReadingSourcery Research Ambassador: Meet Maddie!
đź‘‚Have you heard? We’re recruiting 5 Sourcery Research Ambassadors to help us test new features and expand into the Washington, DC metro area! If you’re a humanities researcher and are in need of archival materials from Washington, DC-based repositories, apply…
Continue ReadingJoin Our Team!
Help Sourcery get better and get paid doing it! We’re currently recruiting for two positions: Are you an early career archivist or librarian? A current MLS/PhD/MS/MA student or recent graduate? Or maybe just passionate about archives, libraries, and the digital…
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