From research proposal to project management. A guide from the Transkribus community on planning and executing workflows for researchers and GLAM-professionals
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Transitioning from research proposal to project management in Automatic Text Recognition (ATR) for cultural heritage text collections demands meticulous planning, realistic budgeting, and efficient team coordination. Insights from the Transkribus User Conference 2024 offer a roadmap for success, emphasising clear objectives, ethical considerations, and practical outcomes. Effective budgeting should include digitization, software, staffing, and long-term storage, while a comprehensive Data Management Plan (DMP) ensures efficient data handling. Key project management tasks include team formation, workflow documentation, and document layout optimization. High-quality training and validation data in ATR require clear guidelines, iterative testing, and agreed licensing. Crowdsourcing can enhance ATR projects, and sharing models and datasets through platforms like Transkribus Sites promotes collaboration and visibility.
Authors: C. Annemieke Romein, Süphan Kırmızıaltın, Ronny Reshef, Christa Schneider, Giorgia Agostini, Ash Charlton, Melissa Terras, Joseph Nockels, Seoyeong Ahn, Fatma Aladağ, Carlotta Capurro, Levi Damsma, Lorena De Vita, Laura Fahnenbruck, Gert Gielis, Rachael Griffiths, Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert, Erika Kuijpers, Mirjam El Attal, Günter Mühlberger, Juma Noah Omollo, Achim Rabus, Salvatore Spina, Nour al Assali, Eugenio Torres Flawiá, David Joseph Wrisley, Heleen Wilbrink
Institutions: University of Bern, Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands, READ-COOP SCE, University of Twente, New York University Abu Dhabi, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Florence, University of Edinburgh, University of Sheffield, University of Amsterdam, Marmara University, Utrecht University, Radboud University Nijmegen, State Archives of Belgium, École Pratique des Hautes Études, British Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universität Innsbruck, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, University of Freiburg, University of Catania, University of San Andrés, Bunge & Born Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4413876102