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Sally Chambers appointed as new Executive Director of the IMPACT Centre of Competence in digitisation

The IMPACT Centre of Competence in digitisation is proud to announce the appointment of Sally Chambers as IMPACT’s new Executive Director. As Executive Director, Sally will be responsible for closely working with Centre members and the Executive Board in order to outline the IMPACT action plan for the upcoming years and improving IMPACT’s portfolio of services … Continue reading

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.

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,

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

Impact Centre of Competence Annual General Meeting – Summary

On December 11th, 2015, the Impact Centre of Competence held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Alicante. This meeting is open to all member of the Centre and it has as objective, apart from designing the vision of the Centre in the next year, to provide our members a forum to share expertise and showcase … Continue reading

New MOU between Impact Centre of Competence and PREFORMA

The Impact Centre of Competence has signed a memorandum of understanding with the EU-funded project PREFORMA for a stronger cooperation.

The University of Guadalajara will coordinate the Latin American chapter of IMPACT

The University of Guadalajara has joined the Center of Competence in Digitisitation as a Premium member. It is the first institution in Latin America to become a member of IMPACT.

The Swiss Federal Archives become a new Impact member

The Swiss Federal Archives (SFA) have joined the Centre of Competence Impact. With the addition of this institution are already 39 members that make up this international organization dedicated to the research and development of tools for digitizing texts and historical documents.

Kick-off workshop of the IMPACT-OPF MOOC on digitisation and digital preservation

The Impact Centre of Competence and Open Preservation foundation has organized the ‘Kick-off workshop of the IMPACT-OPF MOOC on digitisation and digital preservation’, that will take place September, 18th, in Poznan (Poland) during the 9th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries.

New Interoperability Framework version

The Impact Centre of Competence has just launched a new version of its Interoperability Framework tool, that includes important improvements. This tool has been developed by the Succeed Project, a support action funded by the European Union, that promotes the take up and validation of research results in mass digitisation, with a focus on textual … Continue reading