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Workshop: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for the mass digitisation of
textual materials: Improving Access to Text
24 September 2009 - UKOLN, University of Bath -
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ocr-2009/
FREE one-day workshop for
* Collection holders in HE and Cultural Heritage organisations
* Users of digitised content for teaching, learning and research
This workshop is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) as
part of a series of workshops & seminars on "Achievements & Challenges in
Digitisation & e-Content." More information on these can be found at:
http://www.jisc.org.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/reports/workshops.aspx
Summary
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The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about the
current state-of-the-art in the digitisation of historical texts, to look at
improvements in digitisation techniques currently being explored in research
projects such as the EU-funded IMPACT project, and to explore how Optical
Character Recognition (OCR) is used in practical digitisation contexts and
workflows. There will also be an opportunity for participants to investigate
the opportunities and challenges of the scholarly use of what is an
ever-increasing range of digitised content, supporting new interdisciplinary
ways of exploring cultural and social history, philology, and the history of
ideas.
For further information and an online booking form, please go to:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ocr-2009/
Places are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Workshop leaders
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Each session will be led by a member of the international IMPACT (Improving
Access to Text) project, a large-scale integrating project funded by the
European Commission as part of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). One of
the aims of the project is to develop tools that help improve OCR results
for historical printed texts. The presenters are therefore well-placed to
provide information and advice on the current state-of-the-art in text
digitisation tools and techniques, and in particular on OCR technologies.
For more information on the IMPACT project, see the project website at:
http://www.impact-project.eu/
Michael Day
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Research Officer and Team Leader, Research and Development
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)1225 383923 Fax: +44 (0)1225 386838
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
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