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The Sourcery Team is pleased to announce 4 major updates to Sourcery to kickoff 2026!   We’ll chat about each change more in-depth in this blog post, but here are the main beats:  Let’s look at each of these changes in more detail.   💸 New Pricing  Going forward, Sourcery requests will charge…  Researchers pay the retrieval…

Getting scans through Sourcery is super easy! Once you determine what you want scanned and where it is, the process of creating a request is simple. Let’s take a look at what you’ll need to know. Where the materials are: accessing the right repository and reading room You’ll want to make sure that the materials…

Sourcery integrates easily into your research workflow, no matter how you collect and review digital scans of archival materials. Sourcery is simply a new way to acquire scans of archival materials. For example, you may already download digital copies of archival materials directly from databases or websites. Perhaps archives have sent you scans over email for…

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 costly, time consuming, and require large amounts of staff effort. Digitization projects generally require specialized…

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 will be revising the payment and pricing structure. More on this soon 👀.  We’ll also…

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 entire folders or volumes so the Researcher can review and evaluate the materials as if…

⚠️ CAUTION: this blog post might contain outdated information regarding Sourcery request costs or payouts.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 can do for you?   Sourcery is an archival document delivery app based out of the…

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 ease the burden on archivists and librarians who can help Researchers learn about collections but…

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 you to complete more jobs. You can use this flexibility in your favor by only…

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 Boston Public Library – they may have something for you!   Teaching in snowy Colorado and…