We're looking for people with a passion for KNOWLEDGE.
When you have all the information of humankind at your fingertips, you need some way to organize it. When you have a huge amount of misinformation mixed in, you need some way to sort it all out.
The Digital Universe wants to do both. We want to build a place where people can get trustworthy Internet-based information about anything.
We want to make sure that it's true, accurate, verifiable, and shows all sides.
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.
We're looking for people with a passion for truth—people who want to make a real difference in their world in a very practical way.
THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE. IT'S YOUR UNIVERSE. COME BUILD IT.
Stewards
the Guardians of the Digital Universe
Stewards locate the most reliable information in their areas of expertise and use the tools that the Digital Universe provides to construct portals. Where vital Internet-based information is lacking, they might create it—or enlist the aid of other experts with the help of the Digital Universe team. Eventually, they will develop entire coalitions to get the job done.
Stewards are passionate about their work and want to share it with the world. They are recognized by their colleagues as authorities in their fields. They are committed to using their expertise for the public good.
As a steward, you get to be part of a huge visionary project that brings the most reliable information to the world in a noncommercial, nonprofit framework. Here's what you get in return:
- Your original content—perhaps your website—appears online, hosted for free
- You connect with a world of people who want to discuss your work
- You can interact with other experts in your field and in related fields
- And you get to make a real difference in the world.
Volunteer Consultants
the Enablers of the Digital Universe
If Stewards are the bricks of the Digital Universe, volunteer consultants are the mortar. Consultants help Stewards create portals in the Digital Universe.
Consultants have substantial experience in important supplementary areas and can act as advisors. They have skills to lend (being writers, photographers, web designers, artists, multi-media producers...).
Consultants may also have strong interests in non-academic areas—book collecting, Japanese anime, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—and be interested in working with experts to build portals in those areas or in putting together a team of people to build them.