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Unlocking Sources – new free online material from the First World War
(cross-posted Education Enhancement Team blog) Looking for interesting material related to the First World War? It is now possible to find archival material, digitised films, and private stories and objects in one place, the new Europeana 1914-1918 platform. The website, … Continue reading
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Unlocking Sources – The First World War online & Europeana Conference
(cross-posted Education Enhancement Team blog) Academics, curators, project staff and the RunCoCo team gathered at the Unlocking Sources – The First World War online & Europeana Conference in Berlin at the end of January. Some 200 participants were treated to … Continue reading
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La Grande Collecte – 70 First World War roadshows in France
In the week including Armistice Day 2013, French libraries, archives and museums are rallying their troops to help the general public share their memories and objects from the First World War. In over 70 locations, heritage professionals will record stories … Continue reading
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Meeting people
The RunCoCo team have recently presented our work at a couple of events arranged by local history-related organisations. We are very happy to get this chance to talk about what we do, not least when we can engage with an … Continue reading
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A War Diary
98 years ago today, 3 September 1915, Mostyn Williams, a private of the A Company, 11th Batt., ‘The Welsh’ Regiment, picked up his pen and started recording his experiences of active service during the First World War. First entry: September … Continue reading
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The Baltic Way
On August 23 1989, a 600 kilometer long human chain was created by people joining hands across the three Baltic republics Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, then part of the Soviet Union. Now, in preparation of the 25th anniversary, an initiative … Continue reading
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The Oxford Community Collection Model
Creating a collection through online crowdsourcing and personal interaction. The Oxford Community Collection Model is used to create collections by combining large-scale online crowd-sourcing with personal, individual interaction. The model allows contributors to choose the way they contribute to a … Continue reading
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‘First Wold War: then and now’ – new Heritage Lottery Fund scheme
All communities living in the UK have been affected by the First World War in some way, either by the events that took place, or by the changes it brought about. (HLF Application guidance) Are you thinking of ways to … Continue reading
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AHRC Digital Transformations MOOT
RunCoCo is attending the AHRC MOOT on November 19. The theme of the meeting is ‘digital transformations’ and the event website describes it as: ” The Digital Transformations Moot aims to bring together the Arts and Humanities community with other disciplines to … Continue reading
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Culture 2.0
RunCoCo attended the Culture 2.0 festival in Warsaw to give a seminar in the Community Archives strand. This year, the Festival theme was ‘Citizen 2.0’ and an aim was to look at citizenship in culture, explore social aspect of culture … Continue reading
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