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Revolutions and libraries Magda El- Sherbini

Revolutions and libraries Magda El- Sherbini. ALA Program Dancing at the Revolution?: Libraries and the Arab Spring Uprisings ALA International Relations Committee The Near East and South Asia Subcommittee and the Africa Subcommittee ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California

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Revolutions and libraries Magda El- Sherbini

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  1. Revolutions and librariesMagda El-Sherbini ALA Program Dancing at the Revolution?: Libraries and the Arab Spring UprisingsALA International Relations Committee The Near East and South Asia Subcommittee and the Africa Subcommittee ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California June 24, 2012 Magda El-Sherbini

  2. Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  3. Alexandria 2010-2011 • What • When • Where • Why Magda El-Sherbini

  4. The Grant • To conduct research • To teach and share experience • To learn what others are doing • To establish connections Magda El-Sherbini

  5. The Beginning • Arrival • Fulbright office in Cairo • Apartment in Alexandria • Beginning of my project • Legal matters Magda El-Sherbini

  6. My First Stop—Fulbright Office Magda El-Sherbini

  7. The New Alexandria Library • How it started • When it opened • International funding • Showcase of Egypt • Continuity with the past Magda El-Sherbini

  8. Ancient Library • Alexander the Great, 300 BC founder of Alexandria • The Ptolemy rulers establish library • Greatest learning center of the Roman world • Destruction of the library - earthquake Magda El-Sherbini

  9. The Alexandria Library • Much more than a library • Cultural center • Museum • Conference center • Planetarium • Learning center • Libraries Magda El-Sherbini

  10. Organizational Structure • General Director and six sectors: • Academic and Culture affairs Sector; • Director’s office sector; • External relations Sector; • Finance and Administration Sector; • Information Communication Section and; • Library Sector Magda El-Sherbini

  11. The Library Sector • Chief Librarian • Main Library Department; • Special Libraries Department • Arabic Bibliographic Standards; • Francophone Library Department; • Information Services Department; • Technical Service Department Magda El-Sherbini

  12. Main Library • The Main Library, considered the largest reading room of the world • Includes all types of materials Magda El-Sherbini

  13. The BA Library ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, Magda El-Sherbini Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site

  14. The BA Library Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  15. More Library Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  16. Reading Rooms Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  17. The Library Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  18. Special Libraries • Library for the blind “Taha Hussein Library” • Young people’s Library • Children’s Library • Arts and Multimedia Library • Francophone Library • Rare Books and Special Collections • The Map Library • Internet Archive • SuperCource Project Magda El-Sherbini

  19. Taha Hussein Library Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  20. The White Cane’s Day - Safety Magda El-Sherbini Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site

  21. Marching by the sea Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  22. Young People’s Library Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  23. Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  24. Children’s LibraryScience Festival Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  25. Science FestivalActivities Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  26. Big Read program http://www.bibalex.org/libraries/bigread/home/default_en.aspx Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  27. Bibliotheca Alexandrina web site Magda El-Sherbini

  28. Arts and Multimedia Library • Egypt is Changing • Meeting with the Families of the 25th of January Revolution Martyrs Magda El-Sherbini

  29. Francophone Library Gift from the French National Library (BnF) to the BA. A collection of 500,000 French books published between 1996 and 2006 in different fields. The BA became the fourth largest francophone library in the world with the biggest collection of French books outside France Magda El-Sherbini

  30. Rare Books and Special Collections • A large collection of commemorative coins, maps, personal effects, stamps collections as well as significant documents • A large collection of copies of the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts in the British Library numbering 14,000. It is considered the biggest collection in Europe Magda El-Sherbini

  31. The Map Library • One of the most significant maps in the collection is a rare facsimile of Al-Sharif Al-Idrissi’s Map of the Earth drawn for King Roger II of Sicily in 1154. • Facsimile edition of the Manuscript Chart of the Gulf and Mesopotamia Magda El-Sherbini

  32. Al-Sharif Al-Idrissi’s Map Magda El-Sherbini

  33. Internet Archive • The Internet Archive (IA) is a recorded memory of the all the web pages on every website on the Internet since it started in 1996. • http://archive.bibalex.org Magda El-Sherbini

  34. Internet Archive Magda El-Sherbini

  35. Internet Archive Magda El-Sherbini

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  38. SuperCourse • Is a repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention. • http://ssc.bibalex.org/home/list.jsf • http://www.bibalex.org/supercourse/ Magda El-Sherbini

  39. My Cubicle Magda El-Sherbini

  40. My Teaching • BA Ancient Alexandria Information​Architecture​ Project • Continuing Education • Online learning tools • Webinar • Seminar on Organization of Information • Resource Description and Access: the new cataloging code (3 days worshop-60 staff) • Library of Congress Classification • Library of Congress Subject Headings • Resource Description and Access (RDA): Train the Trainers Workshop (3 days) • New Trends in Libraries. A general session on librarianship Magda El-Sherbini

  41. Research • Classical Arabic Names and the Bibliotheca Authority File (completed and accepted by LRTS) • Arabic subject heading and Authority control-Final draft Magda El-Sherbini

  42. Cooperative Initiatives • In my Fulbright proposal, I indicated that “I hope to establish closer ties between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and my home institution with the hope of creating future opportunities for academic exchanges between the two institutions.” Work in progress Magda El-Sherbini

  43. Life in Egypt Magda El-Sherbini

  44. Guards in front of the BA Magda El-Sherbini

  45. Life in Alexandria -the familiar Magda El-Sherbini

  46. Christmas tree Magda El-Sherbini

  47. Living in Egypt Magda El-Sherbini

  48. Shopping Magda El-Sherbini

  49. Shopping street - Video Magda El-Sherbini

  50. The View Magda El-Sherbini

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