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DFG announces OCR technology program in Germany
The DFG in Germany has announced a research programm to enhance digitization and OCR related technology. It covers similar topics as addressed in Impact.
Digitisation Days panel session: The digitisation of cultural heritage: modern utopia?
Following the DATeCH 4th session and the round table (20 May), a panel session to discuss hot topics about digitisation was chaired by Milagros del Corral (International Organizations Advisor and Chair of the Succeed Expert Advisory Board). The panel also involved some members of the Succeed EAB, Jill Cousins (Europeana), Steven Krawer (Utrecht University) and Michael Keller … Continue reading "Digitisation Days panel session: The digitisation of cultural heritage: modern utopia?"
Succeed Final Conference: Succeed in digitisation. Spreading excellence
The Succeed project is currently the organizing the “Succeed in digitisation. Spreading excellence” conference at Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), to be held on November 28th, 2014.
Is copyright an obstacle or a guarantee for digitisation?
On the occasion of the Digitisation Days in Madrid, on 19th May 2014 our organization sought to test the attendees by providing them with a work session, in the form of a round table, regarding the problems that digitisation creates for copyright … or was it the other way around?
DATeCH 5th Session – Enrichment & Poster session
After the Succeed Awards ceremony and the lunch break, the DATeCH conference continued in the afternoon with its 5th session, called Enrichment. This session was chaired by Stoyan Mihov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).
DATeCH 4th Session – Best practices and experiences
The second Digitisation Day started with two parallel sessions. The scientific presentations related to “Best practices and experiences in digitisation of cultural heritage”, and the round table “Future research for the digital library”.
DATeCH 3rd Session – Postcorrection
After the lunch break, the DATeCH conference continued with its third session, chaired by Martin Reynaert (Tilburg University), where the Postcorrection of OCR was discussed.
DATeCH 2nd Session – Linguistic processing and encoding
In the second session, chaired by Katrien Depuydt (Institut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie), Linguistic Processing and Encoding was discussed.
DATeCH 1st Session – Document Analysis and OCR
After the opening session, the activity in the DATeCH international conference started. The first session, chaired by Basilis Gatos (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”) was centered in Document Analysis and OCR.
Digitisation Days, 19-20 May 2014
Digitisation Days, organized by the Succeed project and the Impact Centre of Competence, were held at Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) on the 19th and 20th of May, 2014.