A team from the Library of Congress visited Baghdad in
October-November 2003 to advise the Ministry of Culture on the
National Library of Baghdad. The report of their visit was
distributed earlier this week:
"Library of Congress Mission To Baghdad Report on the National
Library and the House of Manuscripts, October 27-November 3, 2003"
With the kind permission of Mary Jane Deeb, Team Leader and Arab
World Area Specialist at the Library of Congress, the Middle East
Librarians Association Committee on Iraqi Libraries has prepared and
published the report on-line:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LCIraqReport.html
A suite of illustrations to accompany the text of the report is in preparation.
Please repost this announcement wherever there might be interest.
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Charles Ellwood Jones
Research Associate - Bibliographer
The Oriental Institute - Chicago
1155 E. 58th St. Chicago IL 60637-1569
USA
Voice (773) 702-9537 Fax (773) 702-9853
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