Results of the Citizen Archive project with fylr : Citizen Science Archiving Made Easy

Identification and selection of relevant archival materials suitable for digitization, description and publication.

Digitization of the selected archival holdings using professional standards to ensure high-quality digital reproductions that meet the requirements of long-term archiving.

Configuring fylr as the central system for managing digital archive holdings. This includes:

• Structuring of data pools,
• Definition of user roles and authorizations,
• Adaptation of the metadata model to represent subject-specific Infoabout the digital objects.

Creation of a dedicated pool in fylr for the structured management of digitized archival materials to ensure clear allocation and easy management of holdings for the Citizen Archive project.

Systematic indexing of digitized content through the assignment of relevant metadata. This includes, among other things, the following Info:

• STANDARD
  • Title/Short description
  • Inventory
  • signature
  • Original title/author's label
  • Description
  • Date
  • Location
  • Geocoordinates of the imaged object
  • geographical classification – GDR
  • geographical classification – Germany and other countries
  • Keywords
  • persons
  • Corporations
  • file
  • File name
  • File path
  • Citation
  • internal note
• SOURCE
  • Object type
  • format
  • Old signature
• CITIZENARCHIVE
  • comment
  • Image description
  • Citizen's name or display name
  • Date of comment
  • Comment checked
• COPYRIGHT NOTICES
  • Right of use
  • Personal rights

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Creation and configuration of the Citizen Archive project on Zooniverse ( Zooniverse Help ), including:

• Formulation of project objectives and background,
• Description of tasks for citizen scientists,
• Design of workflows and tasks for data entry.

Uploading the digitized archives to Zooniverse to make the materials available for community analysis and editing.

Recruiting test subjects (e.g. from colleagues and acquaintances) to evaluate the user-friendliness of the project and to obtain initial Feed .

Optimize the project based on test user Feed to ensure smooth use and efficient and precise results.

Launch the Zooniverse instance after setting up and customizing the project to engage the public in collaboration and data collection.

Conducting PR activities to publicize the project and ensure broad public participation.

Launch the Zooniverse instance after setting up and customizing the project to engage the public in collaboration and data collection.

Ongoing support and facilitation of the project, including active participation in the Zooniverse forum to promote dialogue with citizen scientists and track project progress.

Export of the data collected by citizen scientists in the form of a CSV file, which is used fylr

Import the CSV file into fylr using a custom plug-in to integrate the citizen scientists' results into the original objects in the central archiving system for further evaluation and processing.

Development of a special plug-in for automated validation of the collected data. This tool checks the Infosubmitted by citizen scientists, detects potential errors, and marks the relevant objects for further processing.

After AI-supported validation, the submitted Infois manually revised to ensure its accuracy and correct errors.

After successful validation, the Infois released and is available for both internal use and publication on the CitizenArchiveportal.