[open-humanities] [humanities-dev] Looking for comments on a possible ShakeSpeare Hackday

Sam Leon sam.leon at okfn.org
Wed Nov 14 14:51:24 UTC 2012


Dear Nicola,

This looks fantastic! Do let us know how the concept develops and keep this
list updated with details of the hack.

Best,
Sam

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Nicola Osborne <nicola.osborne at ed.ac.uk>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Myself and my colleagues at EDINA are considering running a hackday
> (likely to be December this year) for a project we've been working on and
> which I hope may be of interest. The project is called Will's World and it
> is a JISC-funded project to build a registry of metadata about Shakespeare
> resources across the UK.
>
> We have been inspired by other excellent hack events we've been to and are
> wanting to run our own online hack event. We think that's a fairly unusual
> way to do it and we really want some feedback on the idea and the format
> from the people we want to be involved - which might hopefully include some
> of you.
>
> The hackday would be open to all (as will the registry) and I am very much
> hoping you might able to involved either in giving us some feedback on the
> idea, in the event itself or both!
>
> We've put up a blogpost about our idea here:
> http://willsworld.blogs.edina.**ac.uk/2012/10/18/online-hack-**event/<http://willsworld.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2012/10/18/online-hack-event/>
>
> And the survey we are running to capture feedback is here:
> https://www.survey.ed.ac.uk/**willsworldhack/<https://www.survey.ed.ac.uk/willsworldhack/>
>
> Please do feel free to forward/share with others - we want to both get
> word out about the possible event and capture as much feedback as possible
> before we start planning so we can make sure it actually works well.
>
> Huge thanks in advance!
>
> - Nicola.
>
> --
> Nicola Osborne
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>
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> http://www.edina.ac.uk/
>
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> e: nicola.osborne at ed.ac.uk
>
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>
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>
> --
> Nicola Osborne
> Social Media Officer
>
> EDINA website:
> http://www.edina.ac.uk/
>
> t: 0131 651 3873
> e: nicola.osborne at ed.ac.uk
>
> a: EDINA, The University of Edinburgh, Causewayside House, 158-162
> Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR
>
> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
> with registration number SC005336.
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