CCL

18, rue de la Calade 13200 Arles FranceTel. +33 (0)4-9049-9989Email: [email protected]

Centre de Conservation du Livre

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.

Contact: [email protected]


Training :

Professionals and post-graduates seeking advanced training can enrol in specialised courses in document conservation, treatment of biological damage, disaster planning, heritage collections management and use of ICT, such as digitisation, for preservation and wider public dissemination of collections contents.



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…Recent expertises have be done for National Archive of Yemen (2009),CITE in Madagascar (2008), Khalidi Library in Jerusalem (2007), County Council of la Réunion (2005-2006), Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (2004), Ministery of Culture in Prague (2002), Bangkok (2001), Cuba (1998), etc.



International cooperation CCL also manages several interregional and international cooperation projects in the fields of preservation, preventive conservation, disaster planning, digitisation, cultural object trafficking, language preservation, etc.

These international projects are co funded by regional and international institutions such as : Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, European Commission (Culture 2000, Euromed Heritage, Interreg IIIB Medocc and Interreg III C, Eu-India Economical Cross Cultural Programme, etc.), UNESCO, etc.



CCL as coordinator :CHINDEU (Culture Programme – Cooperation with third countries) cross exchanges on preservations techniques. MANUMED II (Euromed Heritage IV programme) promotion of written and intangible heritage of the Euro-Mediterranean area. ARISTHOT (Interreg IIIB MEDOCC-PACA) virtual library on Mediterranean Sciences. EURINDIA (EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme) localisation and promotion of cultural and economic common archives in India and Europe. INTERNUM (Interreg IIIB MEDOCC-PACA) digitalisation of common heritages of both sides of the Mediterranean area. NOE (Interreg III C) development of preventive actions for preservation of Heritage facing up natural disaster. MANUMED (Euromed Heritage [MEDA]-PACA) Euro-Mediterranean network of experts from libraries, archives and museums in North Africa and Middle East BIBLIOTHEQUE VIRTUELLE DE LA MEDITERRANEE (UNESCO, EU, PACA) ICT valorisation tools for the libraries in the Mediterranean countriesALFONSO GALLO: (Leonardo programme-2001) provide solutions to various current problems faced by European experts in documentary heritage preservation. MYSTRA : (Raphael Programme - 1997) : provide intensive training to 10 experts in Greece on the history and techniques of Byzantine bindings preservation. PATMOS : (EC DG of Culture – 1995) : training mission on restoration and preservation for post-graduates sent to Patmos.



CCL as a partner :EUROPH : (Culture Programme – 1.2.1) Cultural cooperation on military and religious Orders heritage, creation of a route walking through the path of the fryers and the cultural heritage they left.

eMULTIPOETRY : (Lifelong Learning Programme 2008) The project aims to design a techno-pedagogical environment of deepening the knowledge on the classical and modern poetry, co-operative composing and presenting poems and producing ICT tools ready to be used by European schools based on the methods that are not entirely new.

LANDSCAPE OF WAR : (Culture programme - 2006) an inventory of 20th century conflict heritage sites in parts of the EU and examination of the surviving remains and their manifestations as historical areas of conflict

URME: (Culture programme - 2006) the reactivation of the urban memory of seven European cities, through multidisciplinary studies that re-create the cultural atmosphere at different moments in their historical development. Using contemporary methods, URME intends to track urban sites as part of the literary and cultural heritage of the city.

MILITE TEMPLI (Culture programme - 2004) Survey, valorisation and preservation of historical and artistic heritage of the Templar Order.



Documentation and ICTIn close cooperation with local authorities, CCL provides technical advice on preventive conservation, and operates a specialised information service which may be consulted on-site or via Internet.

E-Corpus : www.e-corpus.org : a collective digital library that catalogs and disseminates numerous documents: manuscrits, archives, printed books, newspaperss, audio and video recordings, etc.

– 59037 notices – 815393 documents – 191 organisations, – 46620 documents asked recently



E-corpus is based on cutting edge technologies and offers a simple and direct public access to a rich collection of resources.

This powerful tool results from collaborations between the holding institutions, universities and cultural organizations, for the benefit of the public in the regions explored by the projects and users across the world

A tool which exploits the last electronic and archival standards A collaborative and multilingual tool A tool which allows the exploitation of documents thanks to a successful

search engine A tool which allows the access to digitized documents An evolutionary tool


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www.e-corpus.org

Centre de Conservation du LivreContact: [email protected]

Printed documentationCCL publishes or coordinates books on conservation, preservation and restoration, catalogues of manuscripts, surveys of collections and Art books on written heritage.

Centre de Conservation du LivreContact: [email protected]

Member of PRIDES Books and Records -PACA:

CCL is a founding member of the creative cluster Prides Book and Records in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA). This creative cluster is an agglomeration of companies involved in the book and records industries. The entire sector is represented:

- Book publishers and record labels- Broadcasters - Distributors - Booksellers and record shops

The association gathers 90 organisations and 1430 employees in the PACA region.

Annual turnover: 180 M €

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CENTRE DE CONSERVATION DU LIVRE18 rue de la Calade13200 ARLES - FranceTel : (33) 4 90 49 99 89Fax : (33) 4 90 49 66 11e-mail : [email protected]://www.ccl-fr.org/

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