Harry Waterson writes:
I listened to your Newman Portal presentation at the CSNS Convention and think it is a great addition to the hobby. The next morning I
attended the club breakfast and was amazed to learn how few clubs have a successful Young Numismatist program. The feeling at the table
was that youngsters are so tied up with their computers that they have no interest in collecting things, just pictures of things.
The Ozarks' Coin Club which I represented at the breakfast has a YN membership of 35, an average attendance at monthly meetings of
15 and a very active program. I know from reading Pennsylvania Associations of Numismatists reports that you are active in their
PANKidZone promotion. Thinking back to your Newman Portal presentation, I remembered the crowdsource activity the Portal is doing. So I
am wondering if there is a numismatic crowdsource activity that would be appropriate to young people who are computer literate and one
they would find interesting whether or not they have any interest in numismatics. The hope, of course, is that the participation in the
crowdsourcing might lead at least some young computer whiz kids to an interest in coins and medals. I would love to hear what you
think.
Good question. Thanks, Harry! YNs could well be a great source of crowdsourcing volunteers to help with such tasks as transcription,
adding photo captions, or adding tags to documents and auction lots. The Newman Portal is doing some of this today, but to scale up to
larger numbers of participants we'll need to develop some software for the site. But stay tuned! More crowdsourcing is definitely in
plans for the future. -Editor
To visit the Newman Numismatic Portal, see:
www.NewmanPortal.org
Wayne Homren, Editor
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