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Jul 6, 2021 7 tweets 13 min read Read on X
Documenting the #Olympics & #Paralympics Day 1 kicking off now withba welcome from @IanCooke13 from @britishlibrary #ResearchingTheGames
The @britishlibrary has a wide variety of resources related to #SportsHistory including the @UKWebArchive & @NetPreserve #WebArchive collections. Read more about our #WebArchiving sports collections here blogs.bl.uk/webarchive/202… #ResearchingTheGames
First speaker in the academic panel chaired by @hdichter is @drljharris presenting his research on Britain & the Olympic Games from 1908-1920 #ResearchingTheGames
Ian Brittain outlines the struggle of researching #DisabilityInSport on how many of resources in early days ended up in skips while now there is more cultural importance placed on #ParalympicHistory! #ResearchingTheGames
Final presentation in the academic panel are Niki Koutrou & Geoff Kohe speaking on community engagement on the Athens 2004 #OlympicGames. They outline the archival strategies used during this project & impact of #COVID19 #ResearchingTheGames
First presentation in the GLAM panel chaired by @RafNicholson is @andy_rack from the @britishlibrary outlining the PhD research he undertook during #London2012 looking at preserving the legacy of #Olympic & #Paralympic Games #ResearchingTheGames
Final paper of Day 1 by @caiocmello also looks at the legacy of #London2012 & #Rio2016 #Olympic Games using the @UKWebArchive Shine interface which you can access here: webarchive.org.uk/shine #ResearchingTheGames

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