Project description Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learningIMPACT will push innovation in OCR and language technologies for historical document processing and retrieval and build digitisation capacity in EuropeText that is not digital is virtually invisible. Today's readers search the internet for electronically accessible texts rather than visit the reading room of a library. Born-digital and digitised contemporary materials contain the richness that allows tools such as text mining and the semantic web to offer superior accessibility but the story is very different for historic documents. A vital part of the European heritage, encompassing more than four centuries of historic books and bound periodicals is becoming less and less visible to the public at large. With the i2010 vision of a European Digital Library, the EU has launched an ambitious plan for large scale digitisation projects transforming Europe's printed heritage into digitally available resources. However, lack of institutional knowledge and expertise slows down the pace with which this vision can be realised. The state of the art in OCR performance and machine understanding of the original document is inadequate, especially for historically important material with archaic fonts and spellings, newspapers with complex layouts, bound volumes, microfilm or typescript. The IMPACT project will remove many of these barriers. The project will push innovation in OCR technology and language technology for historical document processing and retrieval, and share expertise to build capacity in digitisation across Europe. During the project, a Centre of Competence will be set up in order to provide a central service entry point for all libraries, archives and museums involved in the digitisation of textual material.The consortium brings together twenty-six national and regional libraries, research institutions and commercial suppliers who will share their know-how and best practices, develop innovative tools to enhance the capabilities of OCR engines and the accessibility of digitised text and lay down the foundations for the mass-digitisation programmes that will take place over the next decade. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Text that is not digital is virtually invisible. Today's readers search the internet for electronically accessible texts rather than visit the reading room of a library. Born-digital and digitised contemporary materials contain the richness that allows tools such as text mining and the semantic web to offer superior accessibility but the story is very different for historic documents. A vital part of the European heritage, encompassing more than four centuries of historic books and bound periodicals is becoming less and less visible to the public at large.With the i2010 vision of a European Digital Library, the EU has launched an ambitious plan for large scale digitisation projects transforming Europe's printed heritage into digitally available resources. However, lack of institutional knowledge and expertise slows down the pace with which this vision can be realised. The state-of-the-art in OCR performance and machine understanding of the original document is inadequate, especially for historically important material with archaic fonts and spellings, newspapers with complex layouts, bound volumes, microfilm or typescript.The IMPACT project will remove many of these barriers. It brings together fifteen national and regional libraries, research institutions and commercial suppliers - all centres of competence with unequalled experience of large-scale text digitisation processes and technologies. The project will let them share their know-how and best practices, develop innovative tools to enhance the capabilities of OCR engines and the accessibility of digitised text and lay down the foundations for the mass-digitisation programmes that will take place over the next decade. This project will facilitate a more collaborative approach to mass-digitisation. It will build capacity and lower the barriers to entry for organisations in the early stages of their own digitisation activity. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetsemantic web Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2007.4.1 - Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK Address Prins willem alexanderhof 5 2595 BE Den haag Netherlands See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hildelies Balk (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 1 367 128,00 Participants (29) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK Austria EU contribution € 818 358,00 Address Innrain 52 6020 Innsbruck See on map Region Westösterreich Tirol Innsbruck Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kurt Habitzel (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window OSTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK Austria EU contribution € 619 995,00 Address Josefsplatz 1 1015 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maria Bernklau (Frau) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES Bulgaria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ul. acad g bonchev bl 2 1113 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stoyan Mihov (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NACIONALNA BIBLIOTEKA SV SV CYRIL I METODIJ (St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library) Bulgaria EU contribution € 30 000,00 Address Vasil levski blvd 1037 Sofia See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tatyana Dimitrova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window INSTITUTE FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING OF THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Participation ended Bulgaria EU contribution € 66 800,00 Address G bonchev street 25 a 1113 Sofia See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stoyan Mihov (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERZITA KARLOVA Czechia EU contribution € 32 600,00 Address Ovocny trh 560/5 116 36 Praha 1 See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Karel Kučera (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NARODNI KNIHOVNA CESKE REPUBLIKY Czechia EU contribution € 35 345,00 Address Klementinum 190 110 01 Praha 1 See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tomas Foltyn (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 882 536,00 Address Geschwister scholl platz 1 80539 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Klaus U. Schulz (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN STIFTUNG OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS Germany EU contribution € 738 800,00 Address Wilhelmsplatz 1 37073 Gottingen See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Göttingen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Hiltraud Casper-Hehne (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window DEUTSCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK Germany EU contribution € 310 325,00 Address Adickesallee 1 60322 Frankfurt See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Other Administrative Contact Rolf Flormann (-) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK Germany EU contribution € 437 600,00 Address Ludwigstrasse 16 80539 Munchen See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Markus Brantl (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window FUNDACION BIBLIOTECA VIRTUAL MIGUELDE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Spain EU contribution € 9 000,00 Address Paseo de la castellana 28046 Madrid See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Rossanna Pinna (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE Spain EU contribution € 70 350,00 Address Campus de san vicente raspeig 03690 Alicante See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Alicante/Alacant Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Carolina Fernández Lopez (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPANA Spain EU contribution € 28 640,00 Address Paseo de recoletos 28071 Madrid See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Belén Llera (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 84 003,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Administrative Contact Anne Florence Remy (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE France EU contribution € 209 172,00 Address Quai francois mauriac 11 75013 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gérald Grunberg (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window "NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS""" Greece EU contribution € 971 493,00 Address End of patriarchou grigoriou e and 27 neapoleos street 15341 Agia paraskevi See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marina Fontara (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LTD Israel EU contribution € 1 262 250,00 Address 94 derech em-hamoshavot 49527 Petach tikva See on map Administrative Contact Efrat Shalom-Hillman (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window STICHTING INSTITUUT VOOR DE NEDERLANDSE TAAL Netherlands EU contribution € 1 292 300,00 Address Rapenburg 61 2311 GJ Leiden See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Petra Belt (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSTYTUT CHEMII BIOORGANICZNEJ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK Poland EU contribution € 66 550,00 Address Noskowskiego 12-14 61 704 Poznan See on map Region Makroregion północno-zachodni Wielkopolskie Miasto Poznań Administrative Contact Agnieszka Dominiak (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI Poland EU contribution € 58 080,00 Address Krakowskie przedmiescie 26/28 00-927 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Diana Pustula (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ABBYY PRODUCTION LLC Russia EU contribution € 512 812,00 Address 21 bratislavskaya street, building 1 109451 Moscow See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andrey Isaev (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window NARODNA IN UNIVERZITETNA KNJIZNICA Slovenia EU contribution € 50 100,00 Address Turjaska 1 1000 Ljubljana See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alenka Kavčič-Čolić (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN Slovenia EU contribution € 74 300,00 Address Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Administrative Contact Jadran Lenarcic (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF BATH United Kingdom EU contribution € 504 720,00 Address Claverton down BA2 7AY Bath See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Hazel Wallis (Ms) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD United Kingdom EU contribution € 586 815,00 Address 96 euston road NW1 2DB London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Aly Conteh (Mr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD United Kingdom EU contribution € 1 043 839,00 Address The crescent 43 M5 4WT Salford See on map Region North West (England) Greater Manchester Greater Manchester South West Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Apostolos Antonacopoulos (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE DE NANCY 2 Participation ended France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue baron louis 25 54001 Nancy See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cours leopold 34 54052 Nancy cedex See on map Region Grand Est Lorraine Meurthe-et-Moselle Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window