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Towards a Moroccan Digital Library. Abdelhamid Lotfi Al Akhawayn University Morocco Digital Library for the Maghreb Workshop Washington, DC, January 24-25, 2011. Moroccan Digital Library. Objectives: Preserve and protect Moroccan heritage
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Towards a Moroccan Digital Library Abdelhamid Lotfi Al Akhawayn University Morocco Digital Library for the Maghreb Workshop Washington, DC, January 24-25, 2011
Moroccan Digital Library • Objectives: • Preserve and protect Moroccan heritage • Highlight Moroccan contributions to world culture • Make accessible patrimonial library resources • Provide free access to researchers & other users
Moroccan Heritage Libraries • Al Qarawiyyin University (5600 MS of which 3157 are multivolume items) • Hassania library • Ben Youssef University (about 1450 MS), • Tamagrout Zawiya (over 4200 MS), • General Library and Archives of Tetouan, • Sbihiyya Library, (over 4000 MS) • National Library of Morocco (BNRM) • Dozens of centuries old rural schools
Moroccan Digital Library • Manuscripts • Lithography • Monographs • Maps • Journals and magazines (1850-1950)
Accessing Moroccan Digital Library • http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86 • http://www.rfnum.org (réseau francophone numérique)
Moroccan Digital Library Projects • Outsource digitalization of MS and heritage documents (34000 titles) • Evaluate MDL portal • Set up a newspaper digitization unit
Maroc Numeric 2013 • Promote the use of ITC in business, industry, education and local and national administration • MDL partner of MN2013
Towards a Regional DL • Heritage collections • Published local research • Electronic publishing • Regional collaboration
References • Latifa Benjelloun-Laroui, Les bibliothèques au Maroc (Paris: Maisonneuve Larose, 1990) • Ahmed Chaouqui Binebine, Histoire des bibliothèques au Maroc (Rabat: Faculté des Lettres, 1992). • Abderrahim Ameur, “Elements pour une stratégie de la numérisation du patrimoine culturel marocain: Cas des fonds manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc” Unpublished MA thesis, Ecole des Sciences de l’Information, Rabat, 2004), • http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86/Accueil.aspx