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Digital Bodleian calendar competition
How do you pick 12 images for a calendar when you have millions to choose from? The Bodleian Libraries are turning to the crowd to select the content for their 2021 calendar. Take part for the chance of winning your own copy … Continue reading
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Lest We Forget
‘Lest We Forget’ (LWF) is a nationwide initiative, led by the University of Oxford, which aims to recognise and record those stories, objects and memories from World War One which survive – not in museum collections or history books – but in the hearts and homes of … Continue reading
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Linguamania – crowdsourcing languages
How many languages are spoken in an Oxford museum on a dark Friday night in January? That may seem like an odd question to ask, but it makes more sense when put into the context of the Ashmolean Museum … Continue reading
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Crowdsourcing: the essentials
This post was written by Liz Masterman for the ‘News from Academic IT” blog and kindly cross-posted here. The term ‘crowdsourcing’ crops up almost daily in the media, but it’s probably a fair guess that many people have only a … Continue reading
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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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Community sourcing at the Museums and the Web 2015
The workshop I ran and the professional forum I helped lead at MW2015 earlier this month in Chicago went down very well with the enthusiastic participants. What follows are photos (in a very low resolution) and some reflections on work … Continue reading
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Museums and the Web 2015 workshop references
These are the references from my workshop “Crowdsourcing user-generated content: using the Oxford Community Collection Model to engage audiences and create collections” (at MW2015, the annual conference of Museums and the Web, April 8-11, 2015, Chicago). I will occasionally be … Continue reading
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Ready for MW15 Workshop, Chicago
Finally, RunCoCo is ready for the workshop “Crowdsourcing user-generated content: using the Oxford Community Collection Model to engage audiences and create collections” (at MW2015, the annual conference of Museums and the Web, April 8-11, 2015, Chicago). Alun Edwards, Academic IT, University … Continue reading
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Oxfordshire Family History Fair
Getting started with your family history research or looking to add further to your tree? Then why not come along to the Oxfordshire Family History Society’s Family History Fair on Saturday 4th October at The Marlborough School, Woodstock, OX20 1LP … Continue reading
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