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…

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…

A surprisingly challenging step in the research process is the very first one: following the primary source leads you find while reviewing secondary literature. You may be excited to learn about a particularly intriguing letter cited by a scholar, only…

You’ve probably seen that Sourcery  is a “document delivery” app. But what does that mean? How does it compare with research assistance? And how does it influence how requests are submitted?  Document delivery simply refers to the act of retrieving…

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…

Tips for Sourcerers I spent this summer visiting special collections repositories in New York City to fulfill researcher requests through the Sourcery App. In this post I’ll share what being a Sourcerer entails, who might enjoy “sourcering,” and some tips…