From Information World Review:
The British Library and the University of Salford, along with 15 other European institutions are starting a project – IMPACT – to remove the barriers that stand in the way of mass digitisation of the European cultural heritage
Project IMPACT (Improving Access to Text) follows EU’s i2010 vision to significantly improve access to Europe’s cultural information. Spearheaded by Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands, the project aims to share expertise from across Europe and establish international best practice guidelines with a view to speeding up, standardising and enhancing the quality of mass digitisation. It will establish a centre of competence for text based digitisation.