You might have seen it mentioned throughout the website and other Sourcery channels that we offer “reference quality” scans and not “digitization quality” scans. But what does that mean, in practice?  Digitizing materials is a long process that can get…

It’s the beginning of the year and we’re raring to go! We’re expanding quickly, with more cities available each month. And we have some major Sourcery developments coming in 2026. Here’s what’s in store for the next six months:  This Winter we…

Sourcerers are the backbone of Sourcery. They do the critical work of retrieving requested materials from all the different archives and creating reference scans. In contrast to research assistants who review and select documents while in the reading room, Sourcerers scan…

⚠️ CAUTION: this blog post might contain outdated information regarding Sourcery request costs or payouts. For more recent updates, visit https://sourceryapp.org/2026/03/02/new-sourcery-updates-march-2026/ ⚠️ Greetings AHA attendees! Hear about Sourcery during your conferencing and curious about what it is and what it…

Let’s shine the spotlight on the key members of our Sourcery community — our Sourcerers! These archive users put their skills to work scanning materials for Researchers unable to visit the reading room in person. At the same time, they…

Sourcery is a great way for early career archivists and librarians to advance their archival skills and knowledge in a hands-on, structured environment. Because Sourcery is a job-based commitment, creating an account or even completing one job does not obligate…

Sourcery is a great way to consult collections in archives and libraries that are too far away to visit, or are otherwise too difficult to retrieve scans from. Consider consulting the finding aids at the New York Public Library or…

We have big plans for 2026, and not just for the app itself. We’ll be traveling around the country to introduce Sourcery to even more Researchers and archive aficionados!  Catch us at any of the below conferences for swag and…

Great news: Sourcery is expanding and now covers more than 20 cities across the country! Joining Boston and New York are 23 new cities and regions, including Washington, DC, Chicago, Cleveland, and Atlanta.   The Baltimore-Washington, DC area is especially…