Topic: software & tools

Preserving PDF: identify, validate, repair

This Open Planets Foundation event focuses on the PDF file format and associated tools: check the validity of the files, perform quality assurance checks after migration, investigate error messages, repair the problems, and build a knowledge base. Continue reading


Succeed technical workshop on interoperability of digitisation platforms

The aim of the workshop, organised by Succeed project, is to discuss best practices and possibilities for alignment and cooperation on a technical level between European Centres of Competence and Digital infrastructures. Continue reading


DAVID workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2014

Digital Video Damage in Archives: Understand, Prevent, Detect, and Repair – Results from the DAVID Project. Workshop organised by the DAVID project in the frame of the FIAT/IFTA 2014 conference in Amsterdam. Continue reading


Europeana Photography Seminar – Software for managing digital collections

Organized by CRDI – Centre de Recerca i Difusió de la Imatge (Ajuntament de Girona) and GenCat – Generalitat de Catalunya (Department de Cultura), a seminar in the framework of EuropeanaPhotography project has take place in Barcelona (29th January 2014), at the premises of Palau Moja, Carrer … Continue reading


PREFORMA @ Euromed International Conference 2014

PREFORMA will participate the workshop “The Digitization Age: Mass Culture is Quality Culture. Challenges for Cultural Heritage and Society”, organised by Promoter Srl, with a presentation of its objectives and expected outcomes. Continue reading


Preservathon: Select the best services and tools for your audiovisual digitisation project

This Preservathon is made possible by the Presto4U project. The first day will be a hands-on workshop where teams will learn what is involved in selecting the best long-term audiovisual digitisation solution. The second day will host a mini-conference. Continue reading


Succeed Final Conference

PREFORMA project will participate with a poster to the conference “Succeed in digitisation. Spreading excellence”, organised by the Succeed project on November 28th, 2014 at Bibliothèque nationale de France. Continue reading


PREFORMA @ IRCDL 2015 Conference

The Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries provides a great opportunity for researchers in the field of Digital Libraries to present and discuss their current research activities and to envision together further developments. A paper about PREFORMA will be presented by the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padua. Continue reading


PREFORMA @ FOSDEM 2015

FOSDEM is a two-day free event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of open source software, offering open source communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renowned for being highly developer-oriented and brings together 5000+ geeks from all over the world. Continue reading


Europeana Tech Conference 2015

This event will bring together application developers, information professionals, technology researchers and decision makers in the cultural domain to explore current technical challenges around digitisation and re-use of cultural content, learn about new developments and establish future collaborations. Continue reading