[posted upon request] On 6-7 April the first IMPACT Conference on ‘OCR in Mass Digitisation – Challenges between Full Text, Imaging and Language’ will take place at the KB – National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague. The conference programme with additional information on the speakers is now available from the project website (http://www.impact-project.eu/news/ic2009/). Highlights […]
November 25, 2008
Fleur writes: Following the launch of Europeana, many are finding their way to the office in The Hague and ask us all kinds of questions. Maybe this post helps a bit in finding the answers….But before I do, may I please remind you that Europeana and The European Library are two different services…? (please note […]
September 29, 2008
The French ministry of culture and communication is organising the conference “digitisation of cultural heritage in Europe” in the context of the French presidency of the European Union. when: November 27-28 where: Paris, France website: htpp://www.numerisationeurope.eu The digitisation of cultural heritage is a major priority in the culture agenda of the French presidency of the […]
September 25, 2008
“IMPACT is a project funded by the European Commission. It aims to significantly improve access to historical text and to take away the barriers that stand in the way of the mass digitization of the European cultural heritage.” (text published on http://www.impact-project.eu) Hildelies Balk – Programme Manager IMPACT – further explains: IMPACT is a European […]
March 23, 2009
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