The document summarizes projects developed by the CCL including a digital library called e-corpus containing over 2 million documents, the development of an e-learning tool on book binding restoration techniques, and plans for an educational video game to raise awareness of cultural heritage preservation among young people while entertaining them with puzzles and mysteries to solve.

1. EWIL third meeting
15th – 16th September 2011, Drammen, Norway
Enclos Saint-Césaire – Impasse des Mourges
13200 Arles France
Tel. +33 (0)4-9049-9989
info@ccl-fr.org
www.ccl-fr.org

2.  Presentation of the CCL and its specificities
 Projects and ICT tools developed by the CCL
 Links to the questionnaire results

3. Presentation of the CCL
and its specificities
 CCL is a non-governmental organisation,
founded in Arles in 1993 to develop actions both at
national and international levels in the field of
documentary heritage preservation and
management : collections of books, manuscripts,
archives, photographs and graphic works.
 Its services include lifelong training, expertise
and technical advice, documentation and
multidisciplinary cooperations.

4. Four main fields of action
 Conservation and restoration of
rare and ancient documents
 Digitization and digital library
management
 International actions of
cooperation
 publishing projects

5. Conservation and restoration of rare and ancient
documents
 The CCL's mission is to restore
manuscripts, old books and graphic
material. Specializing in the treatment of
parchment, paper, leather and wood
restorers CCL master the traditional
techniques as well as the most modern
techniques.
 Each book restoration is the subject of the
production of detailed documentation in
order to keep the testimony of the
processing done during the restoration:
date and place of treatment, photos and
descriptions before and after restoration,
list of materials used, etc. .

6. Conservation and restoration of rare and ancient
documents
TRAINING
CCL offers training in France and abroad. The association is an international
center for meetings and exchanges between librarians, archivists, museum
curators and conservators.
Professionals and recent graduates wishing to develop and adapt to the
emergence of new professions and skills could attend specialized training
courses
 document conservation
 treatment of biological damage
 disaster planning
 patrimonial collections management
 use of new technologies, such as digitisation, for preservation and wider
public dissemination of collections contents.

7. Conservation and restoration of rare and ancient
documents
EXPERTISE
CCL’s services are frequently requested by
professionals from libraries, archives and
museums for on-site expert consultations in
Europe and abroad by the UNESCO, the UE, the
French Foreign Affairs Ministry, the French
Culture and Communication Ministry…
Recents expertises have be done for :
 Library of Charfet (2010-2011)
 National Archive of Yemen (2009)
 CITE in Madagascar (2008)
 Khalidi Library in Jerusalem (2007)
 County Council of la Reunion (2005-2006)
 And many others regional libraries and archives…

8. Digitization and digital library management
Access to collections and
documents is an
essential element in the
enhancement of
heritage. Indeed, it is not
possible to preserve
document without
allowing citizens to
access them.

9. Digitization and digital library management
 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).

10. International actions of cooperation
 The CCL manages several international cooperation projects in the
fields of preventive conservation, heritage enhancement,
management of natural disasters, digitization of collections,
trafficking in cultural objects and language preservation (Manumed,
Studite, Chindeu, Eurindia, Aristhot ...) in the context of close
relationships with various international organizations such as the
Library of Alexandria (Egypt), the Aga Khan Museum (Switzerland)
or the Sakip Sabanci Museum (Turkey).

11. publishing projects
 CCL publishes or coordinates books on conservation, preservation and
restoration, catalogues of manuscripts, surveys of collections and Art books on
written heritage.
 The CCL is also director of a collection called “Kitab Tabulae”. This collection is
specialized in the domains of books, archives and libraries in particular in the
Mediterranean space but also all over the world.
Last publications :

12. Projects and ICT tools
developed by the CCL
 The CCL has developed during various
projects tools based on ICT to train
professionals of library and raise awareness
of the public on issues of heritage
preservation
 A digital library: e-corpus
 Project of e-learning tool about book
bindings restoration
 A video game to raise awareness of young
people
 This are few example on how connect
cultural content to an ICT tool …

13. A digital library: e-corpus
 e-corpus is a collective digital library that catalogs and
disseminates numerous documents: manuscripts, archives,
books, journals, prints, audio recordings, video, etc.
 This diverse 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.
Principal figures :
 2 000 000 document corresponding to approximately 100 000 notices will be
available in e-corpus by the end of 2011
 180 000 visits since the creation of the platform.
 357 952 researches made by the Internet users
 39 virtual collections and 25 available dedicated sites
 An average of 490 visitors per day in 2011

14. A digital library: e-corpus
 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.
 This may include:
• Thematic sites, 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.

15.  www.e-corpus.org
 www.camera-obscura.com
 http://data.manumed.org

16. Project of e-learning tool about book bindings
 In the framework of a new project launch in may
2011, we are developing an e-learning tool about
Byzantine book bindings.
 Architecture:
 Short introduction about the Byzantine period in general and more
specifically (and detailed) about the Byzantine Binding and
influences in other Cultures (Text + Pictures)
 Videos about the structure and how to realize a binding with the B
techniques, step by step (video + text + schema)
 Presentation of the tool used with an interactive design
 Traditional Atelier - Modern Binding inspire by old Byzantine
techniques
 Didactic video game: "Build" a B binding with interactive elements

17. Project of e-learning tool about book bindings
 http://advancedelearning.com/studite/?p=2

18. A video game
 This game will appear under the shape of a
succession of enigma to be resolved in which
the player will be the hero of the story. The
player can investigate the mysterious universe
of libraries and manuscripts. While he will
discover new intrigues and new indications,
he will have to make everything to discover an
old secret of some century.
 Stakes
 Raise awareness of young people about the
written heritage through these two phases.
 Propose the game as an educational tool
and not as a simple entertainment, the
stake being to remain playful!

19. A video game
 The game will take the shape of a succession of enigma which the
player will have to resolve one by one.
 The resolution of the enigma must be made by means of teaching
aid, educational tools and watch to increase awareness of the target
public about the heritage.
Link to
Enigma Educational documentation
tool / website

20. A video game
Stakes Problems which my Solutions
appear
• Hang on young • A very good • The links with the
people by a playful communication project virtual
approach while must be realized to library will
watching to give facilitate the facilitate the
information about diffusion of the knowledge of the
written heritage game written heritage
and it preservation
• The problems of • The software
• Emphasize on the internet developed for the
educational aspect connections game will not "be
of the game according to places heavy" and will be
must be taken into available wherever
account you are
• The game will be
created on an
evolutionary basis
to allow the
consideration of
the user remarks

21. A video game

22. A video game

23. Links to the questionnaire
results
 Which of the following cultural topics seems
more interesting to you?
About 50% of the woman (+35) choose the
answer “books, literature”
 Photography: 15%
 History : 15%
 Heritage preservation: 12%
 Restauration d’objets culturels : 8%

24. Links to the questionnaire results
Literature does not form part of the skill areas of the CCL. However,
through its network of libraries, the CCL can find great sources
and relay of information.
The CCL will also develop during the year 2012 a the specific project
about the famous French writer, Jean Jacques Rousseau. A digital
library will be created for this occasion.

25. Links to the questionnaire results
 Which of the following tools and methods would you prefer to use
during your own learning?
 Printed material: 75% positive answers (very happy/happy to use)
 In-person mentoring /tutoring: + 65%
 Personal consultation in a small-group: 65%
 Simulation: 60%
 Cours vidéo: 60%
 Online assessment & testing: 55%
The e-learning tool we are developing for the project STUDITE has similarities
with the expectations of the target.
This materials could be use as a basis for future EWIL e-learning tool which
will be added / changed some elements in order to better meet the
expectations expressed in the questionnaire results

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Tel : (33) 4 90 49 99 89
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