Scientific archives
Digitization service
Closely linked to the ODSAS archiving platform (see below), CREDO has a digitization department under the responsibility of Caroline Cavallasca. This service prepares and digitizes documents for archiving.
It proceeds in 9 steps:
- Document filing and inventory
- Scanning
- Quality control of scanned files.
- High-resolution archiving
- Conversion of high-resolution files to JPEG format for online hosting.
- Create collections and sets in the database and upload files.
- Enter basic metadata for collections, then for each subset.
- Return of originals to the collection owner and delivery of all digitized files.
- Metadata enrichment by the researcher or collection owner.
A platform for scientific archives
ODSAS
ODSAS is a multi-layered platform for the storage, personalized manipulation and individual or collective annotation of digitized researcher archives and digital resources. The platform is based on the needs of the social sciences and humanities, and specializes in Oceania and Asia. ODSAS was created by, and is under the responsibility of, Laurent Dousset.
In 2025, ODSAS hosts 76 collections and over 320,000 files. These include the archives of Maurice Godelier, Allison Jablonko, Karel Kupka, Pierre Lemonnier, Anick Coudart...
ODSAS also contains sub-platforms:
