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We are READ-COOP

A European Cooperative Society with more than 80 Members globally.

 

The Origins of READ-COOP

READ-COOP SCE with limited liability was established on 1 July 2019, to sustain and further develop the Transkribus platform. Transkribus was developed within the Horizon 2020 “READ” EU project by a consortium of leading research groups from all over Europe, headed by the University of Innsbruck. See our milestones >>

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What we stand for

Open to all institutions and individuals interested in historical documents

Democratically organized with a Board of Directors and a General Meeting

Discounts on all products and services for members

Direct benefits instead of shareholder value – stakeholders matter.

Customers can be owners and owners can be  customers.

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Why a Cooperative?

We are convinced that the organisational form of a European Cooperative Society enables us to carry out our work in a highly efficient, open, and democratic way.

READ-COOP is based on the EU directive on the European Cooperative Society (SCE) but it is open to members outside of the European Community as well.

We have more than 80 Members

Andy Stauder
Günter Mühlberger
Universität Greifswald
Universität Bern: Walter Benjamin Kolleg
British Library
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche lnstitute im Ausland
Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Central Library Zuerich)
Geneanet SA
Universität Rostock
Noord-Hollands Archief
Stadtarchiv Zug
Jules van Laar
Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck
Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
David Joseph Wrisley
iui – innsbruck university innovations GmbH
Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives)
Technische Universität Wien
Walter Boente
Archives nationales de Luxembourg
University of Aberdeen
Rahvusarhiiv (National Archives of Estonia)
National Library of Scotland
Universität Wien
Universität Bonn – Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
Diözese Passau
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Gemeinde Wien: Wienbibliothek im Rathaus
Christine Zaborsky
Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives)
RHC Groninger Archieven
Naver Labs Europe
Picturae BV
Dominique Deslandres
Rick Companje
Max-Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici (Matej Bel University)
Universitat Politècnica de València (Technical University Valencia)
picturesafe management GmbH
Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f. (Society of Swedish Literature in Finland)
Universiteit Antwerpen
University of Tartu
INT – Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (Dutch Language Institute)
Arkivverket (National Archives of Norway)
University of Cambridge
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Fondazione Banco di Napoli
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg (Academy of Sciences Hamburg)
National Library of Norway
University of Bergen library
Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich
Nicole Merkel-Hilf
Organisationen Danske Arkiver (Organization of Danish Archives)
University of Helsinki
Diözesanarchiv St. Pölten
UB Tübingen
Andrew Stuart Bergerson
Suphan Kirmizialtin
University of Edinburgh
Anistatia Miller
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Verein für Computergenealogie e. V.
Melissa Terras
Kansallisarkisto (The National Archives of Finland)
Het Utrechts Archief (The Utrecht Archives)
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austrian Academy of Science)
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What is an SCE?

  • A legal entity that allows its members to carry out common activities, while preserving their independence
  • The principal objective is the meeting of its members’ needs and not the return on capital investment.
  • It enables members to benefit proportionally to their usage and practical contribution and not to their financial capital.

With this governance model we are able to

Support humanities scholars, archives, libraries and the general public in transcribing, recognising and searching historical documents with cutting edge technology

Run a community driven platform for gathering and sharing documents, transcriptions, technology, and knowledge among members and the public

Constantly improve technologies such as text recognition, layout analysis, and table recognition in close cooperation with research groups and technology providers

Board

READ-COOP is run by the board of directors consisting of 

Günter Mühlberger

University of Innsbruck

Chair

Andy Stauder 

READ-COOP SCE

Managing director

Melissa Terras

University of Edinburgh

Scholarly director

The board is supervised and elected by the General meeting of all members, which meets at least once a year.

Statutes of READ-COOP

The statutes of READ-COOP SCE are the legal basis for our work. Please read them carefully. They are compliant with the EU directive on European Cooperatives as well as with national Austrian legislation and related laws. They were carefully set up with support from the Raiffeisen Association and approved by the Landesgericht Innsbruck (State Court of Tyrol). The official registration number of READ-COOP SCE with limited liability is FN 520187g, our VAT ID is ATU74983823.

German and English version of the READ-COOP statutes

Official registration letter – in German

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