RunCoCo blog
This is the official blog of RunCoCo – a service based at the Academic IT Services, University of Oxford. We work with community collection and crowdsourcing projects and offer advice, training, and support to those looking for new ways of working with the public for impact, outreach, and engagement. For more information about our work, the projects we are involved with and the training and support we provide, please visit our website: http://runcoco.oucs.ox.ac.uk/
Working with local museums
Being placed in Oxford, RunCoCo are fortunate to have a number of excellent museums more or less on our doorstep. We do enjoy working with these when the opportunity arises. This summer we had the pleasure to be involved with … Continue reading
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40 Years, 40 Objects: Celebrating the Stories of a City and its People
This weekend, the Museum of Oxford held their first ever Community Collecting Day. The people of Oxford were asked to search their attics and bottom drawers for objects that hold personal memories of the city from the last 40 years … Continue reading
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Europeana 1914-1918
For the last four-and-a-half years, much of our time has been spent on the Europeana 1914-1918 project. Using the Oxford Community Collection Model, the project has created a large archive comprising over 13,000 stories and 170,000 digital images relating to … Continue reading
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Shaping Europe
This week we found ourselves working in a slightly different space. For a few days, crews from Europeana, Facts & Files, and RunCoCo set up camp in the European Parliament in Brussels to run the ‘Shaping Europe’ event. Members of … Continue reading
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Reading Roadshow
On Sunday 10 August, members of the public were invited to Reading Museum to share their family stories and memorabilia from the First World War. Subject experts were on hand to help identify the objects brought in and record the … Continue reading
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Again, grit and humour exhibited
Alun Edwards writes about three events he has recently attended as a representative for the RunCoCo and Education Enhancement teams. The anniversaries of the centenary of the First World War race towards us, and so do the new exhibitions and … Continue reading
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‘The Army Children of the First World War’ project
Guest blog by Clare Gibson, Founder of The Army Children Archive (TACA). The Army Children Archive (TACA) [http://www.archhistory.co.uk] collects, preserves and shares information about British army children (the children of career soldiers serving in the British Army) and their history. … Continue reading
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Children of The Great War
Over the last few months we have had the great privilege of working with Age Exchange on their Children of The Great War project. In this London-wide project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Age Exchange lead reminiscence sessions in … Continue reading
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International Women’s Day
March 8th is International Women’s Day, an event that is celebrated in some parts of the World and virtually unknown in others. We would like to mark the occasion by pointing to a small sample of stories in the Europeana … Continue reading
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Come work with us!
(cross-posted with the Education Enhancement Team blog) The Education Enhancement Team (which includes RunCoCo) is looking for a new team member – a talented and motivated engagement officer to inspire members of the University and various external stakeholders to engage … Continue reading
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