Role of digitization in the conservation of heritage collections and the democratization of information
Date
2016-06-22
Authors
AAKKI, Hassan
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Chief digitization project to BNRM
Abstract
Digitization is one of the priority projects of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco. The aim is to promote, preserve, promote and facilitate access via the Internet to our property holdings, including precious, fragile, unique, rare and most documents requested by users BNRM.
History BNRM
1924: Creation of the General Library and the fund of the Institute of Higher Studies Moroccan was the first nucleus of its collections.
1926: The General Library, became "General Library and Archives
1927 C. Funk Brentano succeeded Cenival Stone, who took over the management of Morocco's Historical Section in Paris.
1932 promulgated the law establishing the Legal Deposit which will strengthen the acquisition of the Library building.
After independence, the Conservatives of the General Library and Archives were successively:
o Messrs Abdallah Regragui,
o Ben Mohamed al Abbas al Kabbaj,
o Mohay Eddine al Machrafi,
o Aberrahmane el Fassi,
o Mohamed Bencherifa,
o Ahmed Toufiq,
o currently Driss Khrouz since September 2003.
2003
• Decision: construction of a modern library meet the requirements of international standards.
• Dahir of 11 November 2003 endows the General Library and Archives a public institution status and change his nomination «National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco."
2008 October 15, 2008
• the new National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco, based in Rabat city center between Boulevard Ibn Hazm and Ibn Khaldun Boulevard, was inaugurated by His Majesty Mohammed VI.
History of the Digital Library of Morocco (BNM)
2009
Create a scan workshop within the BNRM
Acquisition of scanning hardware
Training and Mentoring scanning teams
Start of production
2010: Launch of Version BNM
2011:
Launch of manuscripts digitization program
Launch of journals digitization program
Scan the first issues of some headlines
OCRrisation magazines and Latin books
Launch of scanning program specialized collections
Launch of scanning program audiovisual documents
2012:
Project manuscripts mass digitization (1,000,000 pages)
Purchase of a backup solution
Design and implementation of portal BNRM