Management ReportImpact Centre of Competence

2014 - 2015

Tools and Resources(www.digitisation.eu/tools-resources)

● Impact Images and GT Dataset for 7 languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, Polish, Spanish & Slovene (English license under negotiation and German on demand).

● Impact Lexica Resources for 7 languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish, Slovene (English on demand).

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Website and Blog

● New website in wordpress structured in 5 sections:

○ About○ Tools & Resources○ Services○ Training○ Community

● 427 registered users & 13.088 unique visits (2014&2015)

● Blog with 5.257 unique visits open to all members to publish content

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(www.digitisation.eu & www.digitisation.eu/blog )

Online platform

● Online platform demonstrating over 40 tools covering all steps in the digitisation workflow.

● New features:○ Workflows can be executed○ Drag & Drop input

○ Full integration with website (log-in, dataset viewer).

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(www.digitisation.eu/tools-resources/demonstrator-platform)

ICoC Dataset Viewer

● Dataset with over 250.000 images and 30.000 GT files.

● Advanced capabilities○ Filters (search refinement)

○ Clipboard allows using a selection on the online platform.

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(www.digitisation.eu/tools-resources/image-and-ground-truth-resources)

ICoC Dissemination● New members

● Social Media

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EventsOrganised by the Impact Centre:● Digitisation Days & DATeCH International Conference

2014 (Almost 200 attendees, 5 companies showcasing, 31 authors presenting)

● Impact Annual General Meeting 2014 (Madrid)● TPDL2015 Workshop● Impact Annual General Meeting 2015 (Alicante)

Participations:LIBER, IFLA, Succeed’s Final Conference.

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Support & liaison activitiesThe Impact Centre provided support to a number of requests:

● Partnership in a national project in the Netherlands.● Impact lexica: improving BIT Alpha tool; distribution with the LMU PoCoTo.● Requests related to specific tools.

The Centre signed MoUs with:

● Open Preservation Foundation.● PREFORMA project.

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IMPACT & OPF MOOC

Target users:

1. Focused on access.2. Managers – ITs.3. Librarians.4. Researchers.5. Individuals.6. Managers.7. Students.

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Modules:

1. General introduction.2. Image capture.3. Conversion.4. Publication.5. Management.6. Preservation.

● Kick-off at TPDL2015 for the identiofication of

● Current phase: distribution of roles.

Next Steps● Consolidation of Latin America expansion, led by Universidad de Guadalajara

(Mexico).● Launch Asian expansion, led by National Library of Singapore.● Digitisation Days & DATeCH 2016.● IMPACT & OPF MOOC● Enhance the visibility of the Impact Centre.● IMPACT Awards.● Definition of new R&D projects.

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