Memory of Modern Egypt
Details of the organization
Name *
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Country *
Egypt
Website (URL)
https://www.bibalex.org/en/Default
Type *
International organizations
Information about the project
Project title *
Memory of Modern Egypt
Title acronym
MOME
Description *
Memory of Modern Egypt is an attempt by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) to create the ultimate digital repository for culturally and historically significant material pertaining to the modern history of Egypt, starting from the French military expedition upon Egypt in 1798 till the end of the Sadat’s era in 1981. The material was gathered and digitized from the collections of specialized libraries belonging to eminent Egyptian politicians, authors and historians, as well as content from numerous institutes and private collections related to the modern history of Egypt encompassing the past 200 years. MOME content has been scanned, cataloged, indexed and OCRed, in order to create a repository that is fully searchable and accessible to the public and scholars, to ensure knowledge dissemination and enhance the promotion of learning opportunities for different generations. Moreover, it was considered a way to promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation in 2005. There are two navigation axes; the first allows to navigate through five main entry classifications: Rulers, Prime Ministers, Subject, Events and Public figures. The second allows to browse material by entry type, with 14 different categories available: Photos, documents, articles, news, maps, speeches, books, audio, video, adverts, covers, currency, stamps and medals. Links are established between these two axes to ease the location of material of interest when they exist in more than one category. The repository sets out to become the definitive resource for Egyptian historical material and designed to allow the continuous accommodation of new resources whenever available.
Project website
http://modernegypt.bibalex.org
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
Regions of implementation
Africa
Status *
Ongoing
from 01/10/2005
to
31/12/2018
Partners
N/A
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Project type *
Project
Website
Database
