Hi Everyone - my apologies! The live links to the two new workflows (searching for Hebrew and Arabic keywords) in the beta test site of our Cairo Geniza transcription project apparently did not come through when I "cut and paste" it into the original message I just sent you.
Sorry for the inconvenience! I do hope you all will give the beta site a look and share your impressions with The Zooniverse team: https://www.scribesofthecairogeniza.org/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=scribesbeta16may2018 Many thanks, Arthur Previous message: Dear Jewish Studies Communities, Please see the below note from The Zooniverse development team asking for help testing the "beta" stage of our Cairo Genizah transcription project. We would be most grateful for your feedback! "We need your help testing two new workflows on an existing project! Scribes of the Cairo Geniza is a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and their partners at the Princeton Geniza Project, the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, the e-Lijah lab at the University of Haifa, the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, and the Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library. Since its launch in August of 2017, volunteers have been sorting Geniza fragments by their script type -- they've already completed almost 30,000 subjects! The ultimate goal is to transcribe these fragments, but we want to try out an intermediary workflow between classification and transcription: a Keyword Hunt. The goal of this workflow is to identify and mark keywords in geniza fragments. Classifications will then be used by volunteers in forthcoming transcription workflows. You can help us by reviewing the Hebrew Keyword Hunt, the Arabic Keyword Hunt, or both! Try them out, and give us your feedback via this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRB5-RW2nJz-3x2odqgJ2b-FyhBPcvaP36MVA9DJs0gYnKOw/viewform Thanks for all your help! Sam & the Zooniverse Team Note: if you're currently an active classifier on Phase 1 of the project, you'll need to use this link to get back to the original Phase 1 workflow after you've completed reviewing the new workflows. -- Samantha Blickhan, Ph.D. IMLS Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Citizen Science, Adler Planetarium www.zooniverse.org<http://www.zooniverse.org> @snblickhan -- Arthur Kiron, Ph.D. Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 T. (215) 573-7431 F. (215) 898-0559 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/ Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 T. (215) 746-1290 F. (215) 238-1540 Wednesday and Friday http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/
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