Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina GENERAL COUNSEL Director

Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

GENERAL COUNSEL Director SPECIAL ADVISORS LIBRARY SERVICES Library Depart ACADEMIC & CULT AFF. INTERNAL AUDIT FAP Internal Art Program Financial Department Arts Center Administrative Department Antiquities Museum Manuscripts Museum Nat. Cent. For Manuscripts Planetarium & Sc. Museum Personnel Department Internal Security Department Engineering Department Cent. For Writing &Calligraphy CULTNAT Cent For Res. &Spec Prog. Cent For Alex & Med Studies. Magdy Nagi 06 CORPORATE SECRETARIAT Bibliotheca Alexandrina INFO & COMM TECHNOLOGY EXTERNAL RELATIONS ICT Department Pub. Relations ISIS Media Tours

ISIS - Mission & Goals § Mission – Initiate, carry-out and promote research and development of activities and projects related to building a universal knowledge center – Acting as an incubator for digital and technological projects, promoting and nurturing innovations in accordance with BA goals § Goals – Preserving the heritage for future generations, and – Universal Access to Human Knowledge Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 3

DAR Digital Assets Repository Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Goals § Automation of the digitization process § Integrating the actual content and metadata of varieties of object types into one homogeneous repository § Preserving and archiving digital media produced by the Digital Lab or acquired by the Library in digital format § Enhancing the interoperability and seamless access to the Library digital assets Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 5

Standards § Digital objects descriptive metadata – VRA Core Categories – MARC 21 § Metadata presentation – XML – MARC format – Dublin Core § Content dissemination – OAI-PMH Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 6

System Architecture Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 7

DAK - Digital Assets Keeper § Acts as a repository for digital material § The material is either produced by the Digital Lab or introduced directly in a digital format § Data describing digital files are automatically extracted from the files § Descriptive metadata is either manually assigned to the digital object by the librarians, or retrieved from external source of metadata. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 8

DAK - Data Model Work Owner Collection Visual Object Set Digital Object Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 9

DAK - Metadata § Descriptive Metadata – Common to all types of Works and Visual Objects: Title, Creator(s), Date(s), Keywords, Description, Dimensions, Location, etc. – Specific to some types: Book ISBN, Statue Material, etc. § Digital Content Metadata – Image resolution, dimensions, profile, or video duration § Archiving Metadata – Archiving location of a Digital Object file – Physical location where the Visual Object can be found in the owning institution Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 10

DAK - Metadata § Publishing Metadata – Path of the published Digital Object on the server – Date of publishing, duration of publishing – Category of targeted users e. g. students, researchers, etc. § Access Right Metadata – Copyright statement linked to the Visual Object – Access right level: viewing metadata only - viewing metadata and thumbnail - viewing metadata and excerpt of the contents - viewing metadata and full access to the contents Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 11

DAF - Digital Assets Factory § Authentication and Authorization Metadata – User identification data – Permissions assigned to a group of users on the Visual Object or the Collection level § Governs the digitization process of the Library collection at the Digital Lab § Goals: – Provide a database system to keep track of the digitization process – Keep track of digitized materials, unifying the naming conventions and exhaustively checking the produced folders and files for consistency Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 12

DAF - Digital Assets Factory § Goals (cont’d): – Provide timely reports to various levels of management describing the workflow and the current status of a certain asset at the Digital Lab – Apply necessary encodings on the scanned materials to be suitable for electronic publishing – Manage archiving and retrieval of digitized material Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 13

DAF - Metadata § Digitization Metadata – – – Scanning date(s) Scanning operator(s) Processing date(s) Processing operator(s) OCR font data Accuracy achieved by the OCR before and after learning Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 14

Digitization Process – Books Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 15

DAK Publishing Interface § http: //dar. bibalex. org Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 16

DAK Publishing Interface § Web-based application § User: Public user § Providing access to the repository content through search and browse facilities § Multilingual full-text search Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 17

DAK Publishing Interface § Functionalities – Browse the repository contents by Collection, Work type, Visual Object type, Subject, Creator and Title – Search content by an indexed metadata field – Multilingual full-text search using both exact and morphological matching Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 18

DAK Publishing Interface § Functionalities (cont’d) – Display brief record information – Display full record information with links to digital objects Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 19

DAK Publishing Interface § Functionalities (cont’d) – Hyperlinked data fields that can invoke searches e. g. by keywords, subjects and creator – Display records in MARC, DC or XML formats Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 20

DAK Publishing Interface § Functionalities (cont’d) – Generic digital assets viewer that supports different file formats; PDF, DJVU, Images, Video and Audio – Different levels of zooming for images in addition to thumbnail view for a set of images Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 21

Integration with the ILS § The integration module is fully configured based on – A record unique identification – Metadata mapping table – Data model mapping scheme – Synchronization schedule Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 22

The Digital Modern History Of Egypt Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Digital Library of History of Egypt § Build an integrated digital library of the modern history of Egypt § Collection of specialized libraries § Objective – – – Scan; Catalog; Index; OCR, and Publish the collection in a searchable form to its users. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 24

Gamal Abdel Nasser Collection Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Nasser – Objectives § Digitize and publish the collection of the eminent Arab and Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser § Provide online access to his collection through a web based system mainly intended for research purposes and documentation Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 26

Nasser – Collection § Documents published by the Public Records Office, London, UK (around 1, 540 topics) § Documents published by the United State Department of State (16 volumes of 7, 965) § Over 1, 300 speeches given by the President, in both audio and printed format § Over 51, 000 photos and 1, 000 portraits of the President § More than 1, 000 videos (over 50 hours) § A complete archive of the articles published in the newspapers Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 27

Nasser – Collection § The decrees issued by the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) § The daily news of the President § Minutes of the Central Committee for Arab Socialist Union )ASU( § More than 143 handwritten documents with 593 papers § A complete archive of the special articles "Bisaraha" by the Egyptian writer and journalist Mr. Mohammed Hassanein Haikal Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 28

Nasser – Collection § Caricature, stamps, coins and plastic arts illustrations § § Books written by and about Nasser More than 1, 000 national songs 138 Poems The collection was scanned, cataloged, indexed and subjected to OCR Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 29

Nasser – Collection § The entire collection was presented in a web based interface with full text Arabic and English search § Integration of all the different information sources and media under a single interface and a fully searchable form Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 30

Nasser – Website Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 31

Nasser – Speeches § § § § 1, 359 speeches Covering years from 1952 to 1970 Audio and Text Speeches and metadata stored in a database Web-based search engine Arabic full text search Managing the contents through a backend application Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 32

Nasser – Speeches Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 33

Nasser – Photos § § § 51, 512 photos 1, 124 portraits Covering 6, 409 events from 1930 to 1985 Photos and metadata stored in a database Web-based search engine Arabic full text search Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 34

Nasser – Photos Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 35

Nasser – Photos § Backend application – Managing the contents – Categorizing photos – Adding and refining descriptions – Adding keywords Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 36

Nasser – Videos § § § 1, 190 videos (over 50 hours) Processed to be streamed on the Internet Metadata stored in a DB Web-based search engine Arabic full text search Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 37

Nasser – Documents § Egyptian § British § American Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 38

Nasser – Egyptian Documents § Nasser Days Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 39

Nasser – Egyptian Documents § Nasser Handwritten – More than 143 handwritten documents in 593 papers Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 40

Nasser – Egyptian Documents § Central Committee for Arab Socialist Union – ASU Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 41

Nasser – Egyptian Documents § The decrees issued by Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 42

Nasser – British Documents § Around 1, 200 documents in more than 53, 000 pages § Covering years from 1919 to 1970 § Digitized & OCRed § Documents & metadata are stored in a database Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 43

Nasser – British Documents § Web-based Search Engine § Full text search § Providing access to the contents Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 44

Nasser – British Documents § Backend application – Managing the contents – Categorizing documents within a reference – Adding and refining scopes Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 45

Nasser – American Documents § § 16 volumes consisting of 7, 968 documents Covering years from 1978 to 1951 Digitized & OCRed Full text search on the titles and contents Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 46

Nasser – American Documents Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 47

Nasser – Bisaraha § A complete archive of the special articles "Bisaraha" by the Egyptian writer and journalist Mr. Mohammed Hassanein Haikal Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 48

Nasser – Culture § A number of items representing the effect of Nasser on the culture of the region – – – – 50 rare stamps 125 caricatures 34 plastic arts illustrations 38 commemorative and circulating coins More than 1000 national songs 138 Poems 3 Books written by and about Nasser Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 49

Nasser – Culture Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 50

Nasser – Culture Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 51

Nasser – General Search § Search all collections Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 52

Nasser – Future Work § Publishing the added a “Happened at same day” feature § The Nasser News Archive with more than 4, 000 articles (about 10, 507 images) were processed and indexed. The archive is currently being reviewed by Nasser Foundation prior to publishing Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 53

Anwar El-Sadat Collection Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Sadat – Objectives § Digitizing and documenting Sadat’s epoch, to raise the national awareness and enhance our internal solidarity necessary to confront globalization challenges § Provide the collection in a searchable form for historians, politicians and researchers to analyze and study one of most important transitional periods Egypt has encompassed Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 55

Sadat – Progress § An agreement has already been finalized with President Sadat’s family to digitize the collection § Negotiations are currently taking place with newspaper agencies, museums and others to receive their collections § A team is being formed for the indexing of the pictures collection and another team to sort and evaluate documents and other information resources available § A workflow has been designed and is being tested for digitization of the pictures, documents, audio and video recordings and other information resources, associating metadata with each item, and incorporating the output into DAR Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 56

Sadat – Future Work § Digitizing the pictures available associating them with their metadata § Digitizing documents available in the collection § Publishing the digitized collection through browsing application featuring searching and navigation tools Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 57

Digitizing of the Botroseyya Collection Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Botroseyya – Mission § In the context of preserving the modern history of Egypt, this project aims at digitizing the documents pertaining to the Egyptian Botros Ghaly family Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 59

Botroseyya – Overview § The family held high and critical positions in the Egyptian government throughout the past 200+ years and thus contributed to formulating a great deal of the Egyptian history § The family has saved a large number of documents (about 15, 000) related to its political role since the late 1800’s § The project will attempt to digitize the entire multilingual (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Osmanly, Latin and Turkish) collection and provide it in searchable form for historians, politicians and researchers Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 60

Botroseyya – Progress § Agreement finalized with the Botros Ghaly family to digitize the collection § A team was formed and trained for the indexing of the documents, led by the Director of the BA Media Department § A workflow has been implemented and is being used for digitization of the documents, associating metadata with each document Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 61

Botroseyya – Future Work § Digitizing the 15, 000 documents and associating them with their metadata § Digitizing pictures available with the collection § Digitizing the special collection of Botros Ghali § Publishing the digitized collection through a browsing application featuring searching and navigation tools Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 62

Digitization of Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha Collection Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha Collection – Mission § This project aims at digitizing the documents pertaining to Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha, one of the most famous Egyptian Prime Ministers § The project will attempt to digitize the entire collection of very rich and rare historical documents and materials that have never been published before and provide it in searchable form for historians, politicians and researchers Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 64

Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha Collection – Progress § Agreement finalized with Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha’s family to digitize the collection § A team was formed and trained for the indexing of the picture collection, led by the Director of the BA Media Department § A workflow has been designed tested and deployed for the digitization of the pictures, associating metadata with each picture Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 65

Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha Collection – Future Work § Digitizing the pictures available in 12 albums and associating them with their metadata § Digitizing documents available in the collection § Publishing the digitized collection through browsing application featuring searching and navigation tools Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 66

Dar Al Hilal Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Dar Al Hilal § Al-Hilal is considered the oldest cultural journal in the Arab world, and the only regular journal that has been issued for more than a hundred years § It had a marked effect on the history of the Arab world in general and the history of Egypt in particular § It played a leading role in modernizing Arab intellectual thinking, and opened new collaborations towards the cultural evolution Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 68

Dar Al Hilal – Objectives § Publish a digital copy of the issues of Al-Hilal magazine following an agreement concluded between the BA Manuscript Center and Dar Al-Hilal (the magazine publisher) § The issues of each decade will be compiled on a CD and provided with necessary browsing and searching tools Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 69

Dar Al Hilal – Progress § ISIS decided to re-digitize the printed version of the collection because of the poor quality of the original one available on a microfilm § The volumes of years 1 to 60 were completely scanned, processed and indexed (about 51, 000 pages) § An application was implemented for browsing through the digital copies with searching facilities. The hierarchy for titles and subtitles helps users select the desired issues Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 70

Dar Al Hilal – Future Work § Finalize the digitizing and indexing of the remaining volumes § Compiling the issues of each decade on a CD including necessary browsing and searching tools Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 71

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Revival Of L’Institut D’Egypte Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

L’Institut d’Egypte § Between 20 and 22 August 1798, less than two months after landing at Alexandria, the young Napoleon Bonaparte, with some famous scholars and some young enthusiasts, set up the Institut d’Egypte in Cairo Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 74

L’Institut d’Egypte § Its first scholars were in-charge of the research, study and publication of physical, industrial and historical facts about Egypt and were to produce the Description de l’Egypte § A focal point for intellectual pursuit in Egypt, the Institute is the oldest functioning academy of sciences and arts outside Europe Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 75

L’Institut d’Egypte § Monge, Fourier, Berthollet, Caffarelli, Saint–Hilaire and mathematician Louis Costaz– all members of the National Institute–joined René Desgenettes and Antoine– François Andreossy in helping to formulate the purpose, regulations and composition of the new academic society Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 76

L’Institut d’Egypte § The Institute summarized their research in its own journal, La Decade Egyptienne. In addition, it printed a newspaper, the Courrier d’Egypte which offered specific details about the work of Scientific and Artistic Commission and the Institute § The Institut d’Egypte became the focal point for scholarly work in Egypt, and provided both actual space and structure for scholarly discourse Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 77

L’Institut d’Egypte § In 1802, Bonaparte ordered the Imperial Press to begin publishing the visual record § The monumental work was published, in parts, between 1809 and 1822, in 20 volumes, known as the Imperial edition Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 78

Progress and Future Work § BA has suggested 9 projects for its revival, among which is a project of digitizing its entire collection § The effort has started with the digitization of – 10 volumes of Description de l’Egypte – Other special collections such as: • Complete works of Voltaire (69 volumes) • Des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit (16 volumes) • Geographie Universelle (15 volumes) Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 79

Description De L’Egypte Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Description de l’Egypte § The Description de l’Egypte was the outcome of the collaboration of more than 150 prominent scholars and scientists who accompanied Napoleon, many of who were members of l’Institut d’Egypte. § They systematically examined almost every aspect of contemporary and ancient Egyptian civilization. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 81

Description de l’Egypte § During the 20 -year process, the talents and industry of some 2, 000 mechanics, draftsmen, cartographers, typographers and engravers, proved that nothing similar had ever been attempted before. § It gave an illustrated account of Egypt’s historic, cultural, artistic and religious treasures. § It also described the topography and provided a detailed description of the flora, fauna and mineralogy of the country. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 82

Description de l’Egypte § Every aspect of Egyptian life known during that period was precisely and accurately described. § It included over 900 plates (hand-colored copperplateengravings) and some 3000 illustrations representing an exhaustive record of Egyptian history, architecture, antiquity, geography, natural history, botany and the humanities. § It is found in various editions of varying numbers of volumes: often at least 9 volumes of text, and 11 volumes of plates. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 83

L’Institut d’Egypte § In 1802, Bonaparte ordered the Imperial Press to begin publishing the visual record. The monumental work was published, in parts, between 1809 and 1822, in 20 volumes, known as the Imperial Edition. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 84

Description de l’Egypte § The first edition proved so popular that the second edition, also known as the Royal Edition, was published in Paris, by C. Panckoucke from 1821– 1829, comprising 26 text volumes and 11 plates volumes. § The impact of this masterpiece was enormous; it directed the attention of the world to the Pharonic and Muslim Civilization in Egypt, giving birth to modern Egyptology. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 85

As a result, the country’s daily life, natural history and antiquity had a lasting influence on the arts in Europe and the world. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 86

Description de l’Egypte § Today, with the efforts of ISIS, the preservation of this valuable collection has been possible. § The complete volumes of plates and text have been fully digitized, integrated on a virtual browser and made accessible to the public through this remarkable and inspiring project. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 87

Description de l’Egypte § The project is composed of two stages: – The first project stage was completed in October 2004 where the application was provided on DVD in high resolution with French and English interfaces • A tool was developed to publish books in the standard extended markup language (XML) format where books may be browsed by a virtual browser or touch screen • The relation between the text and images were also established and rendered in a searchable form – In the second stage, the whole collection is to be available in an integrated searchable form on the web Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 88

Description de l’Egypte § The work includes – 11 plates volumes (950 pages) – 9 text volumes (7500 pages) – Index book § The volumes recorded – Antiquities – Modern state – Natural history § They described cities, buildings, temples, monuments, arts, animals, plants, minerals, society, etc. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 89

Virtual Browser – Home Page Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 90

Virtual Browser – Interface § § § Ancient look and feel Featuring 3 D Interactive animations Iconic representations Harmonized screens Help assistance Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 91

Virtual Browser – Functions § § Small movable control panel Transparent to maintain pages view Dynamic loading of large image sizes Supporting different shapes Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 92

Virtual Browser – Functions Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 93

Virtual Browser – Text Screen § Text Volumes – Nine Text Volumes • Antiquities Descriptions • Antiquities Memoirs • Modern State • Natural History – Index book Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 94

Virtual Browser – Text Screen Virtually all of Egypt’s patrimony was systematically cataloged, mapped and meticulously described, from the obelisks to the vast statues on the banks of the Nile, as well as the country’s flora and fauna. Comprehensive information about modern Egyptian society as well as Egypt’s physical environment and natural resources were all documented, making what was then the largest publication in the world. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 95

Virtual Browser – Plates Screen § Plate Volumes – 11 volumes of plates – Recorded in three sections + Atlas • Antiquities • Modern State • Natural History Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 96

Virtual Browser – Plates Screen § Hundreds of artists participated to produce more than 3, 000 illustrations in a large size (approximately 52 71 cm) format. § The illustrations cover wide-ranging themes such as: – – – Historical constructions; Flora and fauna; Landscapes; Customs of the inhabitants; Industries, commerce, agriculture, and goods for daily use. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 97

Virtual Browser – Search § A search facility was completed and enhanced to link search results with both text and plate volumes. § It is now possible to find the plates associated with the search item along with its descriptive text in addition to occurrences of the search item within text volumes. Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 98

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Future work § The whole collection will be available in an integrated searchable form on the web Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 100

Awards § The project was nominated by the jury of the Stockholm Challenge Award as finalist for the 2006 Challenge (Culture category) as well as the WSIS Challenge Award § A total of 1155 projects registered in the six categories that are available in the 2006 award. Out of those, 151 finalists were selected from 53 countries § The WSIS Challenge Award is a side event within the Stockholm Challenge program Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 101

Awards § The WSIS Challenge Award for African projects attracted 128 registrations, of which 118 were accepted for evaluation. Out of those, 30 finalists were selected § Dr. Magdy Nagi, Head of ICT Sector, was awarded on behalf of BA, a Diploma for Excellence in the use of Information Technology in the Culture Category of the Stockholm Challenge 2006 www. stockholmchallenge. se Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 102

Alexandria Monuments Scripts Documentation Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria Monuments § Documentation of Alexandrian Monuments’ Scripts is a system developed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to document scripts written on Pharonic, Greek, Coptic and Islamic Monuments of Alexandria § The project will document information about Alexandrian monuments and their related scripts including pictures, transliterations and translations and will provide them in a web-based searchable form for researchers Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 104

Alexandria Monuments – Progress § The BA team has designed and implemented a database for metadata, transliterations, translations and pictures § A workflow has been implemented and is being used for documenting monuments' metadata and scripts on it § The team is currently working on designing the web interface for final publication Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 105

ISIS Website Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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Questions Questions Questions Magdy Nagi 06 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 108