New Horizons in ICT for Women

1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“New Horizons in ICT for Women”
12.06.2012, Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce
Enclos Saint-Césaire – Impasse des Mourges
13200 Arles France
Tel. +33 (0)4-9049-9989
info@ccl-fr.org
www.ccl-fr.org

2. Digital Libraries : a cultural ICT tool
The example of« E-corpus », digital library developped by the CCL

3. Access to collections and
documents is an
essential element in the
enhancement of written
and iconographic
heritage. Indeed, it is not
possible to preserve
document without
allowing citizens to
access them.

4. The notion of "written heritage" refers to both a material
dimension impossible to quantify (millions of very
diverse objects that have in common to be support for
writing), very old traditions and professional uses (those
of archives, libraries and the conservation), a set of
institutions (places of conservations and documentary
collections management), and a major challenge for the
world cultural politics of today and tomorrow

5. But the written heritage is not only a complex idea,
synthesis of the concrete and intangible, of past, present
and future is also a concept in full renewal, transforming
itself with the social and economic contemporary
changes.
The very idea of ​"written heritage" contains this bet
which could be one of the greatest challenges of our
time: the project of transforming this gigantic
monument of memory on a daily space of practice of
knowledge, dialogue of cultures and new thinking.

6.  The Internet and digitalisation tools allow this
immense treasure of written culture to change himself
into a living and coherent corpus of document
accessible to all.
 The new possibilities gaven by ICT tools allow people
to find easily, in few steps, the document they are
searching  the heritage and culture available in
several clic!

7.  In 2010, the CCL launched its collective and
patrimonial digital library: e-corpus
www.e-corpus.org
 E-corpus indicates, identifies, disseminates and
provides access to tens of thousands of objects and
documents belonging mainly to the writing and
linguistic heritage (manuscripts, archives, books,
newspapers), as well as iconographical heritage and
other cultural objects (photographs, prints, sound
recordings, videos, artwork).

8.  e-corpus is a collective digital library that catalogs and
disseminates numerous documents: manuscripts,
archives, books, journals, prints, audio recordings, video,
etc.
 The platform presents cultural diversity worldwide and
specifically in the Euro-Mediterranean region. e-corpus
proposes a variety of themes and a large quantity of
digital documents presented by numerous organizations
and countries.
 Based on cutting edge technologies, e-corpus offers a
simple and direct public access to a rich collection of
resources.

9.  2 000 000 document corresponding to
approximately 100 000 notices are available
 180 000 visits since the creation of the platform.
 357 952 researches made by the Internet users
 An average of 490 visitors per day in 2011

10.  Today, e-corpus includes more than 250 institutions
from 26 countries contributors.
 This platform allows to move to a collaborative form
of publication in which any collection can be
enhanced by a dedicated website with a web address
different from the database e-corpus.

11.  e-corpus allow the possibility to create easily digital
libraries involving several institutions and several collections
around the same subject, as the digital library on the history of
photographic techniques: Camera Obscura (www.camera-
obscura.org)
 Sites of organizations (e.g. Libraries) convinced of the
advantages of a local cooperation between institutions
 Virtual Collections grouping documents of common interest
around the same topic.
 These thematic platforms promote easy access for users
interested in a specific subject

12.  www.camera-obscura.com
 http://data.manumed.org
 http://digital-library.alquds-
manuscripts.org/

17. Women

39. Thank You