What’s your message? RunCoCo’s crowdsourcing lessons from The Great War Archive

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Alun Edwards

It’s academic conference season. You know what you are going to say – but how do you coach someone else to deliver your message? This post looks at some of the conferences we’ve spoken at and what RunCoCo‘s message has … Continue reading →

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Speaking at the Flemish Parliament

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

Alun Edwards, manager of RunCoCo, is speaking at the European Congress on E Inclusion 2010 ‘Delivering Digital Europe in Public Libraries’, 20-21 September 2010. ECEI10 is an invitation-only meeting for about 250 delegates to be held in the Flemish Parliament, … Continue reading →

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Workshop speaker: Leigh Garrett

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

We are very pleased to announce that Leigh Garrett, Director of the Visual Arts Data Service, will be speaking at the forthcoming RunCoCo workshop in Leeds (Nov 3). Leigh will be sharing with us findings from the Look here! project … Continue reading →

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Workshop speaker: Chris Wild

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

We are very pleased to announce that Chris Wild, The Retronaut is one of the speakers at the forthcoming RunCoCo workshop in Leeds (Nov 3). According to Chris, a Retronaut is “someone who goes back in time using just perception”. … Continue reading →

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Register now for RunCoCo workshop on sustainability

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

Registration is now open for the free RunCoCo workshop on sustainability, which will be taking place in Leeds on November 3, 2010. We look forward to welcoming participants who are interested in community collections or working to harness a community … Continue reading →

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Rare But Not Old

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Alun Edwards

RunCoCo will be speaking at ‘Rare but not Old’: Curating Modern Special Collections, the annual conference of the CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group, 8-9 September 2010 at Lancaster University. We will be speaking about Using the community (real … Continue reading →

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Update June-August 2010

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Alun Edwards

It’s been a while since we wrote an update for the progress of the project, mainly because of a combination of being too busy and some sick/holiday leave. In June-August we have… Training workshops We ran a free ‘engaging with … Continue reading →

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Engaging talks in Aberystwyth

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Alun Edwards

Yesterday, Culturenet Cymru played host to the latest RunCoCo workshop, at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (27 July 2010). We welcomed about 30 delegates to the excellent conference facilities of the National Library. As the dust settles we are … Continue reading →

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Audience Analysis

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Alun Edwards

RunCoCo is working closely with the Alliance (JISC Strategic Content Alliance) to put on workshops this year for community collection projects. We have put some presentations online from events in May – which included an insightful session on IPR and copyright … Continue reading →

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Sustainability Workshop, Leeds

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Alun Edwards

We are currently planning a RunCoCo workshop in Leeds, November 3rd 2010, putting together an exciting programme around the topic of sustainability and business models for community collection projects. If you would like to be involved as a presenter or … Continue reading →

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