Author: Impact Centre of Competence
Impact assessment and exploitation of PREFORMA results (input deadline: 18 Nov. 2016)
One of the tasks that had to be carried out in PREFORMA during these last two months of 2016 is to prepare a report to be submitted to the European Commission describing the impact that PREFORMA has generated to date for the memory institutions and for any other relevant target groups and the plans for the … Continue reading "Impact assessment and exploitation of PREFORMA results (input deadline: 18 Nov. 2016)"
DATeCH International Conference – Call for papers
We are proud to announce that the DATeCH International Conference and the Digitisation Days will take place on 1-2 June, 2017, in Göttingen. Below, we include the information of the DATeCH call for papers. For further information, please visit http://ddays.digitisation.eu.
Impact Centre of Competence at XXXII Annual Meeting CONPAB-IES (Mexico)
Manuel Bravo, Director of Fundación Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes (Impact Centre of Competence Board member), has participated in XXXII Reunión Anual del Consejo Nacional para Asuntos Bibliotecarios de Instituciones de Educación Superior, A. C. (CONPAB-IES), that takes place in Ciudad Victoria (Tamaulipas, México).
Swiss National Library, new member of the Impact Centre
We are proud to announce that the Swiss National Library has become member of the Impact Centre of Competence in digitisation.
New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for digital preservation
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will focus on digital preservation and digital sustainability. The new PAC Centre is based at the National Library of Poland.
Tomasz Parkola, new Scientific and Technological Director at the Impact Centre of Competence
Tomasz Parkoła, from Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Centre, has been selected as new Scientific and Technological Director of the Impact Centre of Competence. He succeeds the outgoing Director, Rafael Carrasco, currently Seconded National Expert at the ERC.
OPF WEBINAR: Pre Commercial Procurement for the long-term Preservation of Digital Cultural Heritage
OUTLINE Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) is a competition-like method designed to steer the development of innovative solutions towards concrete public sector needs. These solutions are developed by external suppliers that are awarded a contract through a phased open procurement process. In the last years, the PCP instrument is becoming more and more popular within the public … Continue reading "OPF WEBINAR: Pre Commercial Procurement for the long-term Preservation of Digital Cultural Heritage"
Rafael Carrasco selected as Seconded National Expert in the ERC
The Impact Centre of Competence is pleased to announce that its former Scientific Director, Rafael Carrasco, is now serving the European Research Council Executive Agency as Seconded National Expert in Research Policies. In this commitment, he will contribute to the development of new procedures within the data analysis group to support the strategical decisions by … Continue reading "Rafael Carrasco selected as Seconded National Expert in the ERC"
Succeed Hackathon at the University of Alicante
On the 10th and 11th of April 2014 at the University of Alicante, the Succeed project held a hackathon whose aim was to look at improving the state-of-the-art open-source tools for the digitisation of textual content such as books and newspapers.