Results

February 16, 2021

There are now over 2000 of us! We are glad having such a wonderful group of dedicated volunteers.

February 16, 2021

The new set of images (136) has been transcribed in record time. Thank you all!

February 15, 2021

We got a new set of images (136) from the museum and they have been added to all workflows we have.

January 26, 2021

We got a new set of images (139) from the museum and they have been added to all workflows we have.

January 19, 2021

We got a new set of images (400) from the museum and they have been added to all workflows we have.

January 19, 2021

The first set of images (9,746) have now been transcribed.
From now on, our museum staff will scan new images on a weekly basis and we'll add new images as soon as we get them.

Thank you and please keep visiting our project!

January 11, 2021

Happy New Year!
During the turn of the year, our volunteers have been busy transcribing the cards. The second set (5000) of images in the Additional Info workflow has now been transcribed! We only have some 4,000+ Nature of Specimen images to transcribe after which we need to wait for new scans from the museum.

December 28, 2020

The second set (5000) of images in the Specimen Numbers workflow has now been transcribed! Before we can resume this workflow, the museum staff needs to scan new accession cards.

December 23, 2020

We have now added 5000 new images to the Nature of Specimen and Additional Info workflows.

December 20, 2020

The second set (5000) of images in the Specimen Taxonomy (Latin names) workflow has now been transcribed! We now have 9,746 transcriptions ready for our museum staff who will start checking these entries. Excellent work from our volunteers!

December 16, 2020

The first set (ca. 5000) of images in the Additional Info workflow has now been transcribed!
Thank you all for participating in this challenging task! We will upload more images soon!

December 11, 2020

The first set (ca. 5000) of images in the Nature of Specimen workflow has now been transcribed!
Like earlier, we will now sum up the suggestions we got from our volunteers in the Talk section and refine the questions and instructions of this workflow. Later, we will upload more images. In the meanwhile, thank you and keep up the good work!

December 7, 2020

100,000 classifications done!
This is an excellent achievement for the project. We are humbled to have such great volunteers.

December 2, 2020

The first set (ca. 5000) of images in the Location and stratigraphy workflow has now been transcribed. Thank you for doing such a good job!

November 30, 2020

The first set of images in the Specimen Numbers and Specimen Taxonomy (Latin names) workflows have now been transcribed. Thank you!
We will now sum up the suggestions we got from our volunteers in the Talk section and refine the questions and instructions of these two workflows to make them as clear as possible. Later, we will upload more images. In the meanwhile, thank you and keep up the good work!

November 26, 2020

1,000 volunteers!
After the first week, we now have over 50,000 classifications and over 1,000 volunteers. The project is progressing smoothly and we are expecting the Specimen Numbers workflow finishing in a few days.

November 18, 2020

The site is now live!
During the first day, we got over 7500 classifications and over 400 new volunteers. Thank you all for your effort!

October 15, 2020

The beta testing has been approved.

September 29, 2020

The second beta testing workflow, Nature of Specimen, was completed within a week.

September 24, 2020

The first beta testing workflow, Specimen Numbers, was completed only in two days.

September 22, 2020

250 test scans were selected for the Zooniverse beta testing. Also, three workflows out of six were selected for the test: Specimen Numbers, Nature of Specimen, and Additional Info.

August 17, 2020

1999 test scans were uploaded for the Zooniverse beta testing.