The Olympic Studies Centre welcomes Moroccan National Olympic Committee as second partner of Olympic World Library Network

07 July 2025 – The Moroccan National Olympic Committee (CNOM) has become the second international partner of the Olympic World Library (OWL) network, the online library managed by the IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC). The OWL serves as a library catalogue, an information portal and a search engine entirely devoted to Olympic knowledge.

We are very pleased to welcome the Moroccan National Olympic Committee as the second official partner. This collaboration reinforces our shared commitment to preserving and sharing Olympic knowledge by making library collections and documentation accessible to our worldwide audiences.

Maria Bogner – Head of the OSC

“The Moroccan National Olympic Committee is delighted to join the prestigious network of the Olympic World Library,” said Majd Chekroun, the CNOM’s Communications Director. “In line with its strategic orientations and as part of its ongoing digitalisation process, the CNOM launched this project to benefit from the IOC’s expertise, with the aim of offering a freely accessible digital space to consult the CNOM’s library and provide a dedicated research tool for Olympic documentation and literature.”

By integrating the CNOM’s library into the OWL, we are facilitating insight and access to their unique library collection on sport and the Games on the African continent, not only to local users but also to international readers.

Majd Chekroun – CNOM’s Communications Director

Among the more than 1,500 publications in the CNOM collection, around 650 are exclusive documents that highlight the CNOM’s activities and Morocco’s participation in the Olympic Games. The portal also provides access to the CNOM’s Studies and Documentation Centre and its Digital Olympic Academy.

“After several months of work on data migration, the CNOM is proud to be among the pioneering NOCs to join the OWL, contributing to the promotion of the Olympic values, providing access to its documentation related to sport and Olympism, and preserving its history and Olympic heritage for the widest possible audience,” Chekroun added.

“As the global centre of reference for Olympic knowledge, the development of the Olympic World Library Partner network represents an important strategic pillar for the Olympic Studies Centre moving forward,” said Bogner. “We know that many institutions in the Olympic Movement have important reference libraries, but struggle to make these visible and accessible. By joining the OWL network, not only do they benefit from a low-cost turn-key solution to professionalise the management of their library, they also maximise the visibility of their collection to a worldwide audience.”

About the Olympic World Library (OWL)

With more than 42,000 titles, over 15,000 digital documents and over 400,000 pages viewed per year, the OWL is the number-one resource for Olympic knowledge and literature. Its unique collection includes all publications by the IOC, the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs) and a large collection of academic books and articles covering all historical, cultural, social and economic dimensions of the Olympic Movement.

You can discover the Olympic World Library here.