Last week saw the online publication of our latest GB1900 offering, an article about volunteer motivations. It is based on in-depth interviews with six of our most committed volunteers together with an online survey of wider opinions which was open to all volunteers who registered to participate in the project. The article is published by the Historical Methods Journal, and the abstract can be found here:
Citizen science through old maps: Volunteer motivations in the GB1900 gazetteer-building project