Author: Silvia García
DigitWiki, a new place to share information about digitisation
The Succeed project has recently launched two new resources for the promotion of state-of-the-art tools for text digitisation.
The University of Murcia joins Impact
The University of Murcia (Spain) has joined the IMPACT Centre of Competence in Digitisation. This incorporation implies the inclusion of 38 new members in this non-profit consortium born in 2011 from the European Commission IMPACT project.
Digitisation Days Round Table: Future research for the digital library
At the Digitisation Days, a round table meeting was organized, on 20 May, to obtain input from stakeholders regarding future research to further the development of the digital library. In addition, stakeholders were asked to give their view on the role of Centres of Competence in this. The discussion was structured around the topics USERS, … Continue reading "Digitisation Days Round Table: Future research for the digital library"
Panel Session: The digitisation of cultural heritage: modern utopia?-Video
An interesting Panel Session took place on 20th May during Digitisation Days regarding the ‘Digitisation of Cultural Heritage: modern utopia?’ with Milagros del Corral, International Organizations Advisor; Jill Cousins, Europeana; Michael Keller, Stanford University Library; Steven Krauwer, Utrecht University; and Giuseppe Abbamonte, European Commission.
Succeed Awards-Video
The Succeed Awards winners collected them during a ceremony at Digitisation Days, last 20th of May in Madrid.
Digitisation Days round table
During the Digitisation Days, on 20 May, the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) hosted an interesting and fruitful Round table workshop on the future of research and funding in digitization and the possible roles of Centres of Competence.
Interviews to Succeed’s Expert Advisory Board
Jill Cousins (Europeana), Michael Keller (Stanford University Library), Milagros del Corral (International Organisations advisor) and Steven Krauwer (Utrecht University) talk about present and future in digitisation in these interviews, that took place during the Digitisation Days ( Madrid, 19 and 20 May 2014).
Mario Vargas Llosa: “The missions of modern Argonauts are to digitize, preserve and disseminate”
“The missions of modern Argonauts are to digitize, preserve and disseminate”, said Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize winner and president of the Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library Foundation, during Digitisation Days, which took place last 20th of May at the Spanish National Library in Madrid.
The digitization of cultural heritage is the main topic during Digitisation Days
The Succeed project and the Impact Centre of Competence co-organise the Digitisation Days, with the participation of experts all over the world and also of the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. International experts in digitisation will meet at the National Library of Spain next May 19th and 20th.
Digitisation tools at Succeed
The Succeed project invites you to add your tools to our “Overview on available tools for text digitisation“. This overview gathers about 219 different tools for image enhancement, segmentation, OCR engines, OCR post-correction and enrichment, lexicon building, evaluation, etc. To add your tools, you just need to create an account. Succeed supports the validation of digitisation … Continue reading "Digitisation tools at Succeed"