Kuwait’s oil ministry announced on Sunday wrapping up project that digitalized the country’s oil archive making all the documents, photos, books and magazines easily accessible.
Ministry Undersecretary Sheikh Dr Nimer Al-Sabah said in press release that the project, dubbed Oil’s Digital Memory, aims to preserve and document Kuwait’s oil heritage.
He added that the project utilizes Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to enable researchers from searching with keywords within the document itself to get the desired results in a timely manner.
Dr Al-Sabah said that this project, a turning point in archiving, comes as part of the ministry’s plan to keep up with ongoing developments and achieve Kuwait 2035.
Head of media and public relations department in the ministry Sheikha Tamadher Al-Sabah said that all documents could be accessed via the ministry’s official website in both Arabic and English and are available in both QR code and PDF.
She added that the project, accomplished in six months, protects legacy from being damaged or lost as well as makes it more readily available to the public.