The New York Public Library wants you! The public library system is currently working on a large-scale project to transcribe and digitize their collection of more 40,000 menus that date back to the 1840s, and they’re opening the process up to the public. So if you want to try out your amateur archivist chops, or want to help out just to see what people were eating in the 1800s, visit the link below to see how you can contribute to this fascinating and hunger-inducing research project.

What’s on the Menu? Help transcribe The New York Public Library’s historical menu collection.

If you want to read more about the digital humanities and Archives 2.0, you can also read my article about the Bentham Project at University College London, where researchers are actively recruiting the public to help them transcribe the papers of Jeremy Bentham. Also also:

A New York Times series on Humanities 2.0.
The Bentham Project at University College London.
UCLA’s Center for Digital Humanities.