The 3DBigDataSpace – Outreach Synergy Call offers a unique opportunity for museums and cultural heritage institutions to develop innovative public applications using 3D technologies. Two selected projects will each receive €10,000 to realise their concepts, along with technical guidance from … Continue reading
Build with Bits (BwB) is an international online experience, where participants learn how to create virtual environments that generate a positive impact on local issues related to digital culture, education, and this year, we will have a special focus on sustainable … Continue reading
Topic: digital preservation
On 6-8 May 2015, Magnus Geber from Riksarkivet – Coordinator of the PREFORMA project – will attend the Nordic Archival Conference in Copenhagen. PREFORMA will be presented on the first day during a pre-meeting with e-archivists and a poster will be showcased during the conference. Continue reading
The 12th International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Healht, pHealth 2015, will be arranged in Västerås, Sweden, on 2-4 June 2015. PREFORMA will be represented by Peter Pharow from Fraunhofer IDMT, who will present the aspect of digital preservation and PREFORMA project during a session on archiving of medical and health data. Continue reading
Boris Doubrov of Dual Lab, partner of the VeraPDF Consortium will present the paper: ‘veraPDF: building the definitive PDF/A validator’ at PDF Days Europe 2015. The event will offer answers to IT managers, decision-makers,
ECM strategists, developers and PDF experts, and provide suggestions for optimal PDF usage. Continue reading
University of Basel will present the TIFF/A and DPF Manager initiatives at the 1st International Conference on Advanced Imaging, organized by the Tokyo Institute of Technology. The conference will cover areas like capturing and utilization of image, international standardization and its strategy, to that of imaging materials and devices. Continue reading
The Open Preservation Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition, with support from the European Commission and the PREFORMA project, invite members to a briefing day on preserving PDF at Oxford University on Wednesday 15th July 2015. Carl Wilson will introduce the Vera PDF Project and Consortium. Continue reading
KIK-IRPA (the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage in Belgium), BEELD EN GELUID (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision) and Packed, are partners for the SOIMA 2015 International Conference which takes places on 3& 4 September in Brussels. This is an international conference on ensuring a safe and creative future for sound and image heritage. Continue reading
Antonella Fresa, PREFORMA Technical Coordinator, has been invited by the organisers of the Fifth International Conference on Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage to present a keynote talk on the experience in the PREFORMA project Continue reading
“From digitization to preservation, creative re-use of digital cultural content, and citizen participation” is the tile of the DH2015 Panel which will feature PREFORMA together with other EU projects, fostering a debate to understand the path towards a more advanced society, that makes use of the full potential of digital technologies to foster cultural and societal progress. Continue reading
‘All for One – One for All: Common Concerns – Shared Solutions’ is the title of the IASA 2015 Conference, organised in Paris by the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives. The paper “MediaConch: An open source audiovisual file conformance checker” has been accepted and will be presented by MediaArea. Continue reading
The 2015 FIAT/IFTA World Conference – Audiovisual Culture, a bridge to the future – will take place in Vienna from October 7 until October 10. This year’s conference will provide a unique occasion in which archives can discuss & learn about the many challenges and innovations for archives in their quest towards the future. Continue reading
