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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Open to all institutions and individuals interested in historical documents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

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