Something To Be Proud Of...

Or perhaps its just a small thing that amuses a small mind XD

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I have a volunteer profile on Digivol which is a portal that's available on the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) where you can contribute to the knowledge base by becoming an online volunteer. Not only are you helping researchers better understand the diversity of plant and animal life, you are also part of an active community that supports and contributes to science and culture.

Some of the tasks involve transcribing labels and assisting with the digitisation of specimen labels, field notes and other documents, essentially converting information from it's physical format into a digital format.

This morning, I was notified about some new achievements that had been awarded to my profile (represented by the four badge icons) and while on the site, I worked on an expedition that involved transcribing field notes from 1949.

And yes, the handwritten notes were in cursive and as you can see from the picture below it was a challenge to read some of those words.

Anyhoo, the achievement awards weren't the only reason why this became such a proud moment for me...

After choosing an expedition, I noticed that there were only ten tasks to work on and I knew I could knock them out in a couple of hours; then after completing all ten transcriptions, I was taken to the project's home page where I noticed that since I was the first to work on this expedition, I was now listed as the project leader.

Not so exciting, some might say... but it's not very often that I receive recognition for being a leader in anything, so it was a very proud moment for me to see my name printed under that title.

And yes, I know... small things amuse small minds lol

Until next time... xxx

edit: updated images to larger size