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- More Re Salvaging Manuscripts After The Institut D’Égypte Fire
American Research Centre in Egypt (Irfana Hashmi) On an ‘anything but normal’ work day, I went to the Egyptian National Archives where I found the remains of thousands of manuscripts, books and maps from the Institut d’Égypte laid across...
- Wellcome Library's Medical Collection Goes Digital In Egypt
24 Hour MuseumA pioneering new partnership between the Wellcome Library in London and Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will help reveal the story of early medicine in the Eastern world and enable rare materials to be universally accessible for the...
- Andrea Bocelli In Egypt
Yallabina Bibliotheca Alexandrina is hosting a charity concert featuring the legendary opera singer Andrea Bocelli on the 11th of October 2008 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall. The concert is held under the auspices of her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne...
- Development Of The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.strategiy.com/realestatenew.asp?id=20060521110422 Plans for development of the waterfront area around the Alexandria library have been announced: "Emaar Misr for Development S.A.E., a subsidiary of the UAE-based Emaar Properties and Artoc Group...
- Alexandria Library Exhibition
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=729202005 "An exhibition on the Ancient Library of Egypt together with its modern equivalent has opened at the City Art Centre. The exhibition, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, runs until September 11 and looks at...
Egypt
Egypt library czar calls for new archives law
Ahram Online
In an interview this week with Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency, Zein Abdel-Hadi, recently appointed head of the Egyptian National Library and Archives, laid out an ambitious plan to revamp Egypt’s National Library, restructure the country’s library system, and push for a long-awaited archives law.
According to Abdel-Hadi, the challenges currently facing Egypt’s National Library are tremendous, the first of which has to do with the fact that library management reports to the Ministry of Culture at a time when the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is linked directly to the president’s office. In this context, Abdel-Hadi explained that the National Library’s total budget amounted to LE60 million while the Bibliotheca receives three times this amount.
While the National Library’s funds are hardly enough for wages and manuscript restoration projects, the Bibliotheca is able to conduct cultural activities beyond the scope of a normal library.
- More Re Salvaging Manuscripts After The Institut D’Égypte Fire
American Research Centre in Egypt (Irfana Hashmi) On an ‘anything but normal’ work day, I went to the Egyptian National Archives where I found the remains of thousands of manuscripts, books and maps from the Institut d’Égypte laid across...
- Wellcome Library's Medical Collection Goes Digital In Egypt
24 Hour MuseumA pioneering new partnership between the Wellcome Library in London and Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will help reveal the story of early medicine in the Eastern world and enable rare materials to be universally accessible for the...
- Andrea Bocelli In Egypt
Yallabina Bibliotheca Alexandrina is hosting a charity concert featuring the legendary opera singer Andrea Bocelli on the 11th of October 2008 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall. The concert is held under the auspices of her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne...
- Development Of The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.strategiy.com/realestatenew.asp?id=20060521110422 Plans for development of the waterfront area around the Alexandria library have been announced: "Emaar Misr for Development S.A.E., a subsidiary of the UAE-based Emaar Properties and Artoc Group...
- Alexandria Library Exhibition
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=729202005 "An exhibition on the Ancient Library of Egypt together with its modern equivalent has opened at the City Art Centre. The exhibition, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, runs until September 11 and looks at...