Author: job.vandoeselaar@ivdnt.org
Entscheidungsfindung in der Digitalisierung durch experimentelles Workflow-Design
Sven Schlarb from the Austrian National Library talked about the challenges of integrating the 22 software tools developed within IMPACT, and how they were met in the IMPACT Interoperability Framework (IIF), a workflow design and management platform.
Strategische Werkzeuge
Mark-Oliver Fischer from the Bavarian State Library presented the so-called “strategic tools”, paper-bound and electronic resources designed to disseminate knowledge of digitisation and full text.
Vorstellung des Projekts IMPACT
Hildelies Balk – Pennington de Jongh from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands, and project leader of the IMPACT project, opened the day by introducing the project, its aims and goals, and giving an outlook on the Centre of Competence, which will sustain the project’s developments into the future.
Begrüßung, Überblick über die Veranstaltung
After a short greeting by Klaus Kempf, head of the Department of Acquisition, Collection Development and Cataloguing at the Bavarian State Library (BSB), Fedor Bochow presented the goals and programme of the day.
Free IMPACT Conference Tickets for Students
5 free tickets available for ‘Guest Bloggers’ If you are a student and would like to attend the IMPACT conference for free – then come and help us by working as a ‘guest blogger’. On the other hand, if you are not a student, but know someone who is…..please tell them about this offer.
Introducing the IMPACT Centre of Competence
At the IMPACT Demo Day of 12 July 2011 at The British Library, Aly Conteh outlined the set up of the IMPACT Centre of Competence (CoC) for Digitisation. This CoC is about sharing best practice and tools – it will become a one-stop shop for anybody involved in the digitisation of historic text.
IMPACT/myGrid – Taverna Hackathon – 14-15/11/2011 – Manchester UK
IMPACT & MyGrid will run a free hackathon on the use of Taverna workflows in IMPACT and cultural heritage digitisation. This workshop will be on the 14-15th November 2011 and held in Manchester, UK.
White paper on Centres of Competences: Work in Progress
A Research & Development project typically develops innovative solutions for problems in a certain domain and fosters the sharing of expertise within the project, as well as with the stakeholders in the field. The challenge is to sustain and further develop the results and to continue the sharing of expertise after project funding ends. The … Continue reading "White paper on Centres of Competences: Work in Progress"
Results of OCR Research: IMPACT Demo Day in Munich – Ergebnisse aus der OCR-Forschung: IMPACT Demo Day in München
The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) of the Bavarian State Library invites you to Munich on Tuesday 11 October, for the conference “Results of OCR Research: IMPACT Demo Day”.
The Centre of Competence with Aly Conteh
Making the Digitisation of Text – Faster, Better & Cheaper The IMPACT Centre of Competence is about sharing best practice and tools – it will become a one-stop shop for anybody involved in the digitisation of historic text.