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4-Succeed in digitisation. Spreading excellence. The future of digitisation: sustainability & roadmapping
After the lunch break, the conference continued with the second block: ‘The future of digitisation: sustainability and roadmapping’. This block was introduced by Alicia Blaya, WP7 leader, who provided an overview of this WP and introduced the following sessions. Tomasz Parkola, leader of WP4 presented the highlights of this WP presenting best practices in the…
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5-Succeed in digitisation. Spreading excellence. The Impact Centre of Competence
The discussion went on the coffee break, and after that, the last block of the day started with the introduction of Hildelies Balk about the Impact Center of Competence.The second panel session of the conference took place. In this case, the panel session involved different European competence centres.
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36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015
The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) will be hosting the 36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015 of the International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) with the title Strategic Partnerships for Access and Discovery in Hannover from 5 to 9 July 2015.
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Agreement of alliance with the Open Preservation Foundation
The last 24th November the Centre of Competence Impact signed an Agreement of alliance with the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF). OPF is an international, nof-for-profit membership organisation which sustains knowledge and technology for the long-term management of digital cultural heritage and provides its member with reliable solutions to the challenges of digital preservation.
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H2020-REFLECTIVE-6-2015
The European Commission recently announced the forthcoming call H2020-REFLECTIVE-6-2015 (Reflective societies: Cultural heritage and European identities) under the pillar ‘Societal Challenges’. Planned opening date: 10-12-2014 Deadline for submission: 28-5-2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) Topic: Innovation ecosystems of digital cultural assets As indicated in the topic description, the call is open to proposals for innovation actions…
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Tools Evaluation: University Library of KU Leuven
In early 2013, the Library Council of the Humanities and Social Sciences at KU Leuven (Belgium) produced a white paper concerning the role of libraries in digital scholarship (and, particularly, the digital humanities). This white paper described the current services provided by libraries at KU Leuven in the field of digital scholarship, but also discussed…
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6-Evaluation of tools video: Slovak Chemistry Library
In this video the Slovak Chemistry Library (Slovenská chemická knižnica) explains its results after testing some of the tools in the frame of the Succeed project.
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Succeed Interoperability workshop report (2)
On 2 October 2014, the Succeed project organised a technical workshop on the interoperability of digitization platforms at the National library of the Netherlands in The Hague. 19 researchers, librarians, and computer scientists from several European countries participated in the workshop. The afternoon programme of the workshop further included a number of interactive sessions.
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Succeed Interoperability workshop report
“Speaking the same language is one thing, understanding what the other is saying is another…” Carl Wilson at the Succeed technical workshop on the interoperability of digitization platforms. Interoperability is a term widely used to describe the ability of making systems and organisations work together (inter-operate). However, interoperability is not just about the technical requirements…
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Panel discussion about further research and development projects
During the Succeed Final Conference, that will take place in BnF (Paris, 28 November), a Panel Discussion will be held in order to explore funding opportunities for collaborative R&I projects and initiatives in Digitisation.