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A Crowdsourcing Platform for Wales

The National Library of Wales has developed a crowdsourcing platform that enables volunteers throughout Wales and beyond to help us interpret and enrich some of our national collections.

You can contribute to the platform from your home, or anywhere with wi-fi access.

Main tasks

  • Transcribing text.
  • Tagging people, places, events, etc.
  • Enriching data.

Essential

  • IT skills.
  • The ability to follow online guidelines.
  • Attention to detail. 

Desirable

  • An interest in Welsh history and culture.

Time and commitment

  • As little or as much time as you can spare us.

What next?

  • Select a current project to work on.
  • Sign up / Login.
  • Download the guidelines found on the front page of each project. 

Current Crowdsourcing Projects

Tag items from our drawing volume collection to make them easier to discover online.

Crowd Cymru is a collaborative project to develop an online volunteering community for Wales.

Volunteers are invited to tag, index and transcribe documents to make them more accessible for researchers.


Collaborative Crowdsourcing Projects