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National Library starting with «digitization» historical archive
8/8/2015 0:00
In order to preserve it from the risk of looting and damage and threats «Daash» also
BAGHDAD - morning
in an attempt to maintain the historical manuscripts some dating back for centuries, protected from the risk of looting and possible burning, launched the National Library in Baghdad in a project to scan and archive old and rare documents in a "digital".
Library National, one of the Ministry of Culture circles, is currently working on the restoration of those documents dating back to the era of "Ottoman Empire".
It oversees "Almaekerovilm" section on this difficult task, especially since a large proportion of the documents are in poor condition, some of them burned or damaged by humidity, for this, the conservation and restoration operations are considered long time frame and arduous.
The head of "Almaekerovilm" section Mazen Ibrahim Ismail, for the project: "Once it is set up and repair some old documents dating back to the era of the Ottoman, by 200 to 250 years, we will begin by portraying Almaekerovilm".
He added that "those documents, will not be available to the public immediately to ensure that the content alive to any threat in the future."
and there was a need to keep the old books for the first time in April 2003, after the US invasion of the country, when it was the burning of the National Library and looting Archive.
As a result, foreign invasion and the accompanying acts and chaos of violence, has lost more than 25 percent of books and about 60 percent of the library mentioned archives, where he was the destruction of about 417 thousand books and 2618 manuscripts dating from the late Ottoman period up to the modern era, in addition to 4412 book and manuscript rare.
The project also aims to protect the history of the danger, "Daash" which threatened the elimination of Iraqi culture, through the publication of many of footage in recent months, the destruction of his mercenaries appear to Antique and burning of thousands of rare books and manuscripts in the city of Mosul, which is occupied by the terrorist organization since June last year.
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8/8/2015 0:00
In order to preserve it from the risk of looting and damage and threats «Daash» also
BAGHDAD - morning
in an attempt to maintain the historical manuscripts some dating back for centuries, protected from the risk of looting and possible burning, launched the National Library in Baghdad in a project to scan and archive old and rare documents in a "digital".
Library National, one of the Ministry of Culture circles, is currently working on the restoration of those documents dating back to the era of "Ottoman Empire".
It oversees "Almaekerovilm" section on this difficult task, especially since a large proportion of the documents are in poor condition, some of them burned or damaged by humidity, for this, the conservation and restoration operations are considered long time frame and arduous.
The head of "Almaekerovilm" section Mazen Ibrahim Ismail, for the project: "Once it is set up and repair some old documents dating back to the era of the Ottoman, by 200 to 250 years, we will begin by portraying Almaekerovilm".
He added that "those documents, will not be available to the public immediately to ensure that the content alive to any threat in the future."
and there was a need to keep the old books for the first time in April 2003, after the US invasion of the country, when it was the burning of the National Library and looting Archive.
As a result, foreign invasion and the accompanying acts and chaos of violence, has lost more than 25 percent of books and about 60 percent of the library mentioned archives, where he was the destruction of about 417 thousand books and 2618 manuscripts dating from the late Ottoman period up to the modern era, in addition to 4412 book and manuscript rare.
The project also aims to protect the history of the danger, "Daash" which threatened the elimination of Iraqi culture, through the publication of many of footage in recent months, the destruction of his mercenaries appear to Antique and burning of thousands of rare books and manuscripts in the city of Mosul, which is occupied by the terrorist organization since June last year.
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