Author: Silvia García
ENeL TRAINING SCHOOL 2015: ‘Standard tools and methods for retro-digitising dictionaries’
Funded by COST Action IS 1305 the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa is hosting the first ‘European Network of e-Lexicography’ Training School, in Lisbon, from 6th to 19th of July. COST Action IS1305 invites researchers in countries participating in COST to submit applications for the Training School. Retro-digitisation … Continue reading "ENeL TRAINING SCHOOL 2015: ‘Standard tools and methods for retro-digitising dictionaries’"
New Interoperability Framework version
The Impact Centre of Competence has just launched a new version of its Interoperability Framework tool, that includes important improvements. This tool has been developed by the Succeed Project, a support action funded by the European Union, that promotes the take up and validation of research results in mass digitisation, with a focus on textual … Continue reading "New Interoperability Framework version"
Take-up of tools within the Succeed project: Implementation of the INL Lexicon Service in Delpher.nl
Delpher is a joint initiative of the Meertens Institute of Research and documentation of Dutch language and culture, the university libraries of Amsterdam (UvA), Groningen, Leiden and Utrecht, and the National Library of the Netherlands, to bring together the otherwise fragmented access to digitized historical text corpora.
The Succeed Project comes to an end
The Succeed project, funded by the European Union, formally ended last December 31, when all its objectives have been achieved. Succeed has promoted the uptake of digitisation tools: 19 tools have been validated at 13 European libraries.
3- 2nd edition Succeed Awards
The 2nd edition of the Succeed Awards recognised the successful evaluation and take-up of text digitisation tools implemented by the external libraries collaborating with the Succeed project. The awards were delivered during the Succeed Final Conference, that took place in the Bibliotèque national de France, in Paris, last 28th of November.
36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015
The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) will be hosting the 36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015 of the International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) with the title Strategic Partnerships for Access and Discovery in Hannover from 5 to 9 July 2015.
Agreement of alliance with the Open Preservation Foundation
The last 24th November the Centre of Competence Impact signed an Agreement of alliance with the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF). OPF is an international, nof-for-profit membership organisation which sustains knowledge and technology for the long-term management of digital cultural heritage and provides its member with reliable solutions to the challenges of digital preservation.
6-Evaluation of tools video: Slovak Chemistry Library
In this video the Slovak Chemistry Library (Slovenská chemická knižnica) explains its results after testing some of the tools in the frame of the Succeed project.
Succeed Interoperability workshop report (2)
On 2 October 2014, the Succeed project organised a technical workshop on the interoperability of digitization platforms at the National library of the Netherlands in The Hague. 19 researchers, librarians, and computer scientists from several European countries participated in the workshop. The afternoon programme of the workshop further included a number of interactive sessions.
Succeed Interoperability workshop report
“Speaking the same language is one thing, understanding what the other is saying is another…” Carl Wilson at the Succeed technical workshop on the interoperability of digitization platforms. Interoperability is a term widely used to describe the ability of making systems and organisations work together (inter-operate). However, interoperability is not just about the technical requirements … Continue reading "Succeed Interoperability workshop report"