Category: News
DigitWiki, a new place to share information about digitisation
The Succeed project has recently launched two new resources for the promotion of state-of-the-art tools for text digitisation.
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?"
The University of Murcia joins Impact
The University of Murcia (Spain) has joined the IMPACT Centre of Competence in Digitisation. This incorporation implies the inclusion of 38 new members in this non-profit consortium born in 2011 from the European Commission IMPACT project.
Digitisation Days Round Table: Future research for the digital library
At the Digitisation Days, a round table meeting was organized, on 20 May, to obtain input from stakeholders regarding future research to further the development of the digital library. In addition, stakeholders were asked to give their view on the role of Centres of Competence in this. The discussion was structured around the topics USERS, … Continue reading "Digitisation Days Round Table: Future research for the digital library"
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?
Panel Session: The digitisation of cultural heritage: modern utopia?-Video
An interesting Panel Session took place on 20th May during Digitisation Days regarding the ‘Digitisation of Cultural Heritage: modern utopia?’ with Milagros del Corral, International Organizations Advisor; Jill Cousins, Europeana; Michael Keller, Stanford University Library; Steven Krauwer, Utrecht University; and Giuseppe Abbamonte, European Commission.
Succeed Awards-Video
The Succeed Awards winners collected them during a ceremony at Digitisation Days, last 20th of May in Madrid.
Digitisation Days round table
During the Digitisation Days, on 20 May, the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) hosted an interesting and fruitful Round table workshop on the future of research and funding in digitization and the possible roles of Centres of Competence.
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).