The "New" Citizen Scientist: !Crowdsourcing at the Smithsonian

!Daniel Davis, Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian Mobile Strategies and Initiatives

davisdan@si.edu @bigenola

the increase and diffusion of knowledge

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to Recruit the World and enlist collaborators globally

Putting the Smithsonian

in your hands.

The Wikipedia of the Physical World

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From headphones

To microphones

From we do the talking

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To we help you do the talking

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Chris Anderson, Smithsonian 2.0 conference 24 Jan 2009

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In your database, attends your events; connected on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or physically in your area

You do not know and cannot contact directly but your community can. You want to convert the network to join the community.

You do not know them. Receives messages via the network

Museum

Community

Network

Crowd

http://amysampleward.org/2011/05/18/crowdsourcing-vs-community-sourcing-whats-the-difference-and-the-opportunity/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/4294119350/

Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching

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Crowdsourcing

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Community-sourcing

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50+ SI Mobile Projects to Date

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Stories from Main Street

Access American Stories

Nancy Proctor, proctorn@si.edu

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin Patent Model

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A Healthy Eco-system

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Communities

Crowds

Niche

Markets

Mass Markets

Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching

PRODUCT OR PROCESS?

Smithsonian Mobile http://si.edu/mobile #SImobile & #mtogo

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Daniel Davis davisdan@si.edu

@bigenola

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