This post is by Dr Valentina Vavassori, Digital Curator for Automatic Text Recognition.

At the British Library, one of our core values is to "collaborate to do more than we could by ourselves."

In my task to research options for our Automatic Text Recognition (ATR) pipeline, it was clear from the start that it was necessary to talk with different cultural institutions about their own work and processes in ATR and how they integrate it into their digitisation projects.

As part of this research, I have come to realise that the field is full of innovative ideas, with a strong focus on solving problems and learning from one another. 

Therefore, I am now asking people from cultural heritage institutions to complete this survey on how they work (or plan to work) with Automatic Text Recognition.

In the spirit of open access and sharing, the anonymised results will be published so that other institutions can use them.

Additionally, one question at the end of the survey asks if other institutions are interested in taking part in a working group on ATR and, if possible, to share their email so we can kick-start having meetings and discussions.

The survey will only take 5-10 minutes to complete, and it is available here:

https://online1.snapsurveys.com/AutomaticTextRecognition 

I hope you will be able to answer the survey, and I look forward to meeting with anyone who is interested!