At the RunCoCo workshop in Leeds, 3rd Nov, we will have the pleasure of a presentation by Lisa Greenhalgh from OurStories, based at West Yorkshire Archive Service .

Our Stories - project logo

The Our Stories project aims to deliver a self-sustaining support network, training and an accreditation scheme for community archive projects.

This will empower community groups to play an active part in the conservation of their heritage by providing comprehensive archival training, promoting new projects and improving access to the WYAS collections. Heritage Lottery Fund news item

OurStories is based at West Yorkshire Archive Service and recordings and memories collected throughout the three-year project will be added to the Nowthen website.

For the RunCoCo workshop, the project is giving a presentation with the title:

Pass it on: ideas for building digital preservation into community collecting

digitisation should not be embarked upon without giving communities clear instructions on looking after digital records from the very start … this is part of what they get out of their collaboration! (Lisa Greenhalgh, OurStories)