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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!

Increase Research Avenues

View materials from repositories and cities you may not be able to visit.

Ask once

Skip the email -- your request is available to all local Sourcerers looking for jobs.

Collect Materials Anytime

Gather your source material throughout the year so it's ready when you are.

Become a Sourcerer and make extra money

Put your specialized skills to work at your own convenience.

Set Your Own Hours

Choose your jobs, make appointments, and head to the archives when it's best for you.

Make Extra Money

Each job guarantees payment to retrieve materials plus pays per scan returned.

Broaden Archival Experiences

Discover a variety of materials and explore new institutions.

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.