The RunCoCo project builds on the work done on the Great War Archive project. We are very pleased to be able to welcome the project manager for the Great War Archive project Kate Lindsay among the speakers at the RunCoCo event in Leeds on November 3rd.
The Great War Archive project was run as part of a larger research and digitisation project (First World War Poetry Digital Archive). In only a few months, and with limited staff and funding, the small project collected and catalogued over 6,500 items and made these available for the world to explore online.
The Great War Archive presented an innovative approach to collection strategies, digitisation, cataloguing, and public involvement in major research projects. It harnessed the power of the Web along with the potential of ‘mass’ amateur digitisation to collect thousands of items from World War One that would otherwise have disappeared or remained hidden from researchers and scholars worldwide. (Great War Archive website)
Kate will be talking about the Great War Archive project and in particular about their use of free web-based services such as Flickr. The Great War Archive ran its collection between 3 March and 30 June 2008. After that, people were invited to add any items they wanted to share to a Flickr group. Over 2,500 photos have been added so far, and the collection is still growing. People can also comment on the photos and take part in discussions, which is one community-led way of keeping the project going after the end of the funding.
Kate will also be around during the day, ready to answer questions and talk to participants and presenters about her work on the Great Was Archive and as Manager for Engagement and Discovery at Oxford University Computing Services.
About the workshop
The RunCoCo workshop on sustainability will take place in Leeds on November 3rd, 2010. You can learn more about the event on the RunCoCo workshop page. To register for this free event, please complete the registration form.
We look forward to welcoming participants who are interested in community collections or working to harness a community to enrich an existing collection with tags or comments. This free event is open to participants from the education, public, and voluntary sectors, as well as private consultants. Places are limited and offered on a ‘first come’ basis. Registration will be open until all places are filled but no later than October 15.