not specified
Project Name:
Sprint for Shakespeare
Principal Investigator / Director:
Dr Emma Smith, University of Oxford; Dr Wolfram Horstmann, Bodleian Libraries
Oxford participants:
Pip Willcox (Main Contact)
Other Participants:
not specified
Project Webpage:
- Division: Academic Services
- Unit: Bodleian Digital Library Systems & Services
- Sub-Unit: not specified
Start Date:
2 August 2012
End Date:
31 December 2012
Partner organizations (inside or outside Oxford):
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Funder:
public fund-raising campaign
Subject Area:
English Language and Literature
Project Description:
Sprint for Shakespeare is inspired by the work of Dr Emma Smith, Faculty of English, University of Oxford. It is a 6-month fund-raising campaign to raise funds to stabilize, photograph digitally and publish, freely online, the Bodleian First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays, Bodleian Libraries Arch. G c.7.
The Sprint for Shakespeare campaign aims to raise £20,000 through a large number of donations of all sizes. Its champions include Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Fry, and Sir Peter Hall.
Other projects the participants have been involved in:
ICT Methods:
| Category | Sub-Headings | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Data Capture | Image capture | 2d Scanning and photography |
| Data publishing and dissemination | Data and resource sharing | Resource sharing publishing |
| - - | User contributed content | |
| Publishing | ||
| Web development | ||
| Strategy and project management |
Last updated:
25/06/2015 16:25:11
Updated by:
martinw@ox.ac.uk