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The ideas listed for benefits consist of the following: Content refreshment + renewal Lots of fun Reinforcement of the importance of the humanities in the public sphere User engagement Politically important: justify funding for the humanities Audience development Unexpected discoveries It’s fun ! (or it should be !) Networking beyond the “traditional” scientific community Wider reach of collections Social literacy of researchers Scientific literacy of participants / citizens  Corrections between institutions and volunteers  Exciting to bring research to new audiences Encounters with primary sources (education  across age groups (adults, too) Immersion in own culture Discovering less known More quickly and  wider spreading of information Important to provide opportunities for the public to use their creative capital Spreading collaborative models and potential to tie together “our” diverse content in a meaningful way Providing tools to help people create or explore their own meanings (empower public discovery) Community Building Create new vocation for science  Involve our peers (academies, teachers, archivists, etc.) in longer research projects Value for money: funders, does public engagement help or hinder? 