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Juergen Vervoorst, The National Archives
29 October 2014
Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities
TNA/ RLUK Conference Birmingham 2014
People unlock Collections – User Participation at The National Archives
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Volunteering ↔ User Participation
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CO 1069/301/17
1. Caribbean Through A Lens: a new approach with digitised collections
The National Archives, CO 1069/301/9
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Consulting, fostering and community commitment
Chase Neighbourhood Centre, Nottingham
Cuming Museum ExhibitionSouthwark, London
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‘Caribbean Through a Lens’ on Flickr: Upturned Train Case: The laughter of womenINF 10/ 379 re-used by P. Richardsca
Caribbean Through A Lens - The National Archives
Caribbean Through A Lens – Huddersfield/ Kirklees
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2. Operation War Diary: Recruiting an army of Citizen Historians
Operation War Diary
WWI 100 at The National Archives
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Operation War Diary: the task
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Operation War Diary: the launch
In its first week after launch, the Operation War Diary website saw:
• 104,167 pages classified• 116,638 people tagged, including large numbers of non-officer ranks• 212,832 dates tagged• 144,021 activities tagged• 24, 644 weather conditions tagged• 148,402 people visitors to the site • 746,972 diary pages viewed• 85 diaries completed • Equivalent to approximately one person’s year of effort
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3. Identifying Heroes: the BT 99 (1915) Project
The National Archives, NSC 5/7
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The National Archives, COPY 1/515/232
1915 Merchant Navy Crew Lists Project
BT99/3100, List 11
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Thank you to my colleagues:
Sara Griffiths and Sandra ShakespeareSarah Leggett and William SpencerJanet Dempsey
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