Dear Members,
Have you come across 'comma'? The message below was cross-posted from
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Roiyah
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1. Community Archives on the Web (2)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:51:24 +0000
From: "Steve Bailey, Joint Information Systems Committee"
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Subject: Community Archives on the Web
Dear all,
There's an interesting piece in today's Guardian about how local
communities have been using a piece of software called 'Comma' to
publish their own multimedia local history archives on the web.
The tone of the piece suggests that these people feel that without such
local efforts 'their history' would disappear for ever - not the best
of PR for the 'official' archive profession. Does anyone have any
experience of Comma or links between their repositories and the local
Comma users in their area? If not, should you have??
The story can be found on the Guardian website at:
http://society.guardian.co.uk/internet/story/0,8150,838615,00.html
or from their home page under 'Society' if the link doesnt work.
Regards
Steve
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Steve Bailey,
Records Manager
Joint Information Systems Committee
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:07:29 -0000
From: "Hargreaves, Jan" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Community Archives on the Web
I remember meetings with the former teacher mentioned in the article when he
was setting up the project, while I worked at Sheffield Archives. He had
initially contacted the Local Studies staff who were then beginning to
digitise their photographic collection. The plan then was to develop an oral
history and photographic web resource that brought different generations
together in communities where a particular way of life was disappearing -
i.e. the coal mining communities in South Yorkshire. So there has been
archive input along the way, albeit minimal!
I'm glad that it has taken off, because anything that gets people involved
in their own community history is a good thing. And as Steve implies, it
presents an opportunity for us to establish a relationship with people who
might otherwise never step through our doors.
Jan Hargreaves
Lancashire Record Office
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