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Kirstyn Leuner reveals further information about a new Digital Humanities collaboration titled "The 18th-Century Common," the purpose of which is to "provide a medium for eighteenth-century scholars to communicate with an eager public non-academic readership." This projects website's main focus as of the opening is to provide scholarly essays on the arts and science in the 18th century, as well as a blog section for professors to share essays on these topics. The project's creators hope to gain contributions from scholars on the 18th century who would normally publish in journals, books, and other print media to add to their online database. This contributions are also open to students as well, and the author provides a link to gain more information on submitting work to the project.

Kirstyn Leuner's blog post announces and links to "The 18th-Century Common Project." She also gives readers a list of what to expect from the project when it is launched. She also talks about her part in the project's growth, which includes reviewing it. This post is just the first part in a 3-part series on "The 18th-Century Common Project."

The EBBA Archive is a website with a specific goal in mind in regards to 17th century broadside ballads. The site seeks to make 16th-18th century fully accessible as texts, art, music, and cultural records. Basically the main objective of the EBBA is to transcribe these broadside ballads into usable means that are open, accessible, useful, and applicable to the public.

The English Broadside Ballad Archive is a database of 17th century ballads. These ballads are made available on the website in the form of texts, art, music, and cultural records. The purpose of the database is to preserve the estimated 8,000 surviving ballads from this era for future generations to discover and study again. Several universities have teamed up to work on this archive, include the University of Texas at Dallas.