Algiers, 12-13 October 2010
On 12th and 13th October 2010, the partners and associates of Med-Mem gathered in Algiers on the occasion of the 3rd coordination meeting of the project, organized by the Algerian Television (EPTV).
This meeting was the occasion to assess the development of the various activities of the project, as well as to share and reflect on the difficulties encountered in order to seek the best common solutions. A particular focus was on the necessity to proceed with the indexation of documentary notes and with the digitization of the selected documents, using the new version of the digitizing software realized by RAI and distributed on this occasion.
Furthermore, the team of translators recruited by EPTV in order to ensure the trilingual version of the web site (French, English and Arabic) was presented to the participants, and a methodology of joint work between translators and archives’ holders was established.
Finally, the partners and associates of the project agreed to meet in Alexandria on next 30th November for the training session on the realization and implementation of a safeguard plan for audiovisual archives.