
Open Source
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Reimagining Remote Research
Request archival scans through Sourcery
Need to see archival materials for your research but can't make the trip? Want to streamline multiple research requests? Request scans directly through Sourcery’s web app! Local Sourcerers will visit the archive and return reference-quality scans.
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What can Sourcery do?
Connect Researchers and Sourcerers
Everyone uses the same app to create requests and find jobs, and you can serve in both roles.
Transfer scans and payments
A secure way to return scans and compensate Sourcerers.
Benefit the holding institution
Partner institutions may choose to provide or receive scans.
Streamline and accelerate your research
Request materials from multiple repositories and manage them all in the same dashboard. No need to travel!
Become a Sourcerer and make extra money
Put your specialized skills to work at your own convenience.
Sourcery is available to researchers everywhere. You can request scans from archives in more than 30 cities across the United States. Don't see the location you need? Tell us where Sourcery should go next!
Want to be a Sourcerer and create scans? Make an account and suggest a new location.
