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Conditions• The Swedish system of free and open access
• Strong legalization for recordkeeping (since 1618)
• Long tradition of keeping private collections in public archives
• The public access to information (since 1766)
• ”Young” and healthy elderly people
• Long traditions of adult education and life long learning
• The genealogical society
• Church records
Opportunities and advantages• Crowd outsourcing work
• Transcribe
• Registration
• Identify documents and motives
• Create index
• Create databases
• New context and content
• Awareness for archives leading to new collections
• Open access
• Also voluntary work for example in readings rooms
Limits and criticism
• The profession (no structuring)
• The unions (not regularly work)
• The quality checks (time consuming)
• Who is the producer and sender? Clear and available?
• Who decide what to do, and is it the most valuable task?
Threats?
• Limited access?
• Making money of voluntary work?
• How will the crowd react?
• Copyrights?
• Who is the owner?