Wykorzystywanie koncepcji mądrości tłumu w działalności bibliotek

Crowdsourcing means the separation of one organization area and putting it into the hands of the crowd – an organized community in the form of an open call. This community can be created from both high class professionals and amateurs. Currently, crowdsourcing is implemented primarily in companies and NGOs. Since the implementation of solutions based on crowdsourcing is quite straight forward, it is also made use of in civic and social activities, including ventures initiated by archives, museums and libraries. This article brings the idea of crowdsourcing and examples of its mechanisms in libraries.