New IMPACT website


In IMPACT we are proud to present our brand new website with new appearance! Now, our content is easier to reach from the homepage just with one click.

New version release of LIMB Capture


 The IMPACT Centre of Competence member company, i2S DIGIBOOK, has just released a new version of their capture software LIMB.

IMPACT Centre of Competence in IFLA WLIC 2017


The IMPACT Centre of Competence, represented by its Executive Board member Elisabeth Freyre (BnF), will be present at the 83rd edition of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2017,

Europeana, Stanford University Library, SUB Göttingen, Jouve and Ateneu Barcelonès join IMPACT


The IMPACT Centre of Competence in digitisation is proud to announce that five new institutions have joined us as Standard Member:

Breakthrough in archival access: Googling through archives within reach


          Pilot project Full Automatic Archival Access completed AMSTERDAM|THE HAGUE|MADRID|NIJMEGEN – The ability to google through records is within reach, concludes the final report of the project Full Automatic Archival Access (FAAA). This project studied the opportunities to use new digital technologies to make paper based archives searchable at document-level. Four out … Continue reading "Breakthrough in archival access: Googling through archives within reach"

From INL to the Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal


In 2016, the Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie (Institute for Dutch Lexicology) is transformed into a renewed institute with a broader mission: the Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (Dutch Language Institute). Anyone who wants to know anything about the Dutch language through the centuries will find their answer at the Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal.

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)"

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.