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T160K - Timbuctu Libraries in Exile

Anaïs Salamon, Mrs. — 2013-05-24T10:30:46

Everyone,

Did you hear of this initiative? Anything we could do as individuals, or as an Association?

Best wishes,
Anaïs

Anaïs Salamon | Head Librarian / Bibliothécaire en chef | McGill Islamic Studies Library / Bibliothèque d'études islamiques de McGill
tél. : +1 (514)-398-4688 / +1 (514)-449-1952
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-using/branches/islamic-library/
http://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/islamicstudieslibrary/



Dear Sir/Madam -
My name is Stephanie Diakité and I am the co-Founder of an important Islamic library safeguarding initiative - T160K, Timbuktu Libraries in Exile Knowledge for Peace Initiative.
I had the privilege of working with the generational librarians of Timbuktu to evacuate this precious world heritage to safe-houses.  We are currently facing serious conservation challenges for the 300 000 + manuscripts in our keeping.  To fund urgent conservation work, we have launched an IndieGoGO campaign in the hope of raising funds : http://igg.me/at/LibrariesInExile)
I am writing to

Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries - preliminary report

Jonathan Rodgers — 2013-05-17T10:16:18

*From:* James Simon
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:45 AM
*To:* melanet-l-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw< at >public.gmane.org
*Subject:* Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries -
preliminary report

MELA Friends:



Attached you will find the preliminary report from the December 2012
event "Global
Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries: A Forum on the
Future<http://www.crl.edu/events/8478>."
This forum brought an array of scholars, librarians, and other stakeholders
together to consider the future of research libraries and their role in
advancing international scholarship and the globalization of the
universities of which they are a part.



This preliminary report shares a vision of the new, broad-gauged
information infrastructure and services that will energize scholarship on
issues of local and international concern, now and into the future.  Its
recommendations are offered as a point of departure for discussions among
stakeholders.



We are eager to generate ideas from organizations and

'Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet' 5/7/2013

Ali Houissa — 2013-05-08T13:30:17

[I've checked several Syria-based sites and they are all unavailable! There we go again].-A.


Web monitor: 'Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet'<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/07/web-monitor-syria-has-largely-disappeared-from-the-internet/>
Web monitor: 'Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet'

Posted by Max Fisher<http://www.washingtonpost.com/max-fisher/2012/10/10/9d0a891e-12e7-11e2-a16b-2c110031514a_page.html> on May 7, 2013 at 5:16 pm
[Screen shot of Google's traffic data from Syria shows sharp drop-off at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/05/syria-google-taller.jpg>

Screen shot of Google's traffic data from Syria shows sharp drop-off at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time.

Both Google and a Web security company called Umbrella Security Labs are indicating that the entire country of Syria may have been severed from the Internet.

The outage appears to have begun at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, or 9:45 p.m. in Syria. Accordi

Translation of Ahmed Shawki Poem

Lila Saab — 2013-05-08T10:20:23

Hello

Can anyone help me get an English translation of this poem by Ahmed Shawki?
 Thank you

مضناك جفاه مرقده وبكاه ورحم عوده

حيران القلب معذبه مقروح الجفن مسهده

يستهوي الورق تاوهه ويذيب الصخر تنهده

وينادي النجم ويتعبه ويقيم الليل ويقعده

الحسن حلفت بيوسفه والصوره انك مفرده

وتمنت كل مقطعه يدها يدها لوتبعث تشهده

جحدت عيناك زكي دمي وكذلك خدك يجحده

قد عز شهودي اذ رمتا فأشرت لخدك اشهده

بيني في الحب وبينك ما لا يقدر واش يفسده

مابال العاذل يفتح لي باب السلوان واوصده

ويقول تكاد تجن به فاقول وأوشك اعبده

مولاى وروحي في يده قد ضيعها سلمت يده

ناقوس القلب يدق له وحنايا الاضلع معبده

قسما

Book for review in MELA notes

Rachel Simon — 2013-05-07T17:11:47

I received the following book for review in MELA Notes. Please contact me directly if you are sure you can return a review WITHIN SIX MONTHS:

Nazli Eray, The emperor tea garden. Translated from the Turkish by Robet Finn ((Syracuse UP, 2013)

Thanks,

Rachel Simon
MELA Notes Book review editor
rsimon-uX/v2g6dJhCyum0STUha2w< at >public.gmane.org<mailto:rsimon-uX/v2g6dJhCyum0STUha2w< at >public.gmane.org>

An Egyptian Legacy: the German Bookshop in Cairo

Brenda Bickett — 2013-05-07T13:48:55

hi all,
apologies if this has been posted before; it appeared back in Feb.  I just
stumbled across it today & thought it might be of interest:
An Egyptian Legacy: the German Bookshop in Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/1515/23/An-Egyptian-legend.aspx
cheers, Brenda
*Brenda E. Bickett*
Bibliographer for:
 *Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
 *Center for Eurasian, Russian & East European Studies
 *Prince AlWaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
 *Dept. of Arabic & Islamic Studies
 *Dept. of French (*interim*)
 *Dept. of Slavic Languages
 *Div. of Eastern Mediterranean Languages (Persian & Turkish)
Georgetown University Library
Washington DC 20057-1174
voice: *202/687-4482
www.library.georgetown.edu
bickettb-eicrhRFjby6OECnbzgFItQ< at >public.gmane.org*

Turkish novels spark controversy at Tehran Book Fair

Riedlmayer, Andras — 2013-05-05T20:32:27

Turkish novels spark controversy at Tehran Book Fair

http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1039.html

http://www.radikal.com.tr/dunya/irandan_ask_i_memnu_ve_hareme_toplatma_karari-1132106

The controversy concerns, inter alia, a Persian translation of Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love), a romance novel by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgıl that was first published in Turkish more than a century ago (1899-1900). The Iranian censors' objections may have been sparked by allegedly immoral scenes in the currently popular Turkish television soap opera of the same title that is loosely based on the novel. The soap opera is banned in Iran. But Majid Hamidzade, the director of the Tehran Book Fair, counters that in his view there's no objectionable content in Halid Ziya's book.

Congratulations David!

Saeed Damadi — 2013-04-30T23:15:22

Congratulations David!
Saeed

RE: Congratulations, Sensei

Dougherty, Roberta — 2013-04-30T18:09:54

I, too, was lucky to meet David early in my career, and his guidance and advice (not to mention the pleasure of his company) were all invaluable then and since!

Congratulations, Dovidele!

Robin

Roberta L. Dougherty
Librarian for Middle East Studies
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
U.S.A.
tel.: +1.203.432.1373 | fax: +1.203.432.7231 | e-mail: roberta.dougherty< at >yale.edu
http://www.library.yale.edu/neareast/
http://www.facebook.com/NearEastCollectionYaleUniversityLibrary

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Dear David,

Pîroz bê, indeed!
And, thank you for unoffially mentoring me and,  I am sure, many other MELA members.
Well deserved.


Shayee Khanaka
Librarian for Linguistics &
Middle

Congratulations, Sensei

Shayee Khanaka — 2013-04-30T18:06:57


Dear David,

Pîroz bê, indeed!
And, thank you for unoffially mentoring me and,  I am sure, many other MELA
members.
Well deserved.


Shayee Khanaka
Librarian for Linguistics & 
Middle East-North African Collections
438 Doe Library
University of California 
Berkeley CA 94720-6000
(510) 768-7620
(510) 666-2020 (fax)

.bok sofware

Muhammad al-Faruque — 2013-04-30T16:45:47

Dear colleagues:
Can you suggest a reliable, no-string, free, software to read ".bok" files.
Please suggest ONLY, if you have used the program and did not encounter any
problem, or it does not bring any spyware with it.

Thanks in advance.

Muhammad al-Faruque




======================
*Muhammad al-Faruque,* Ph.D.
Champaign,      Illinois,    USA

Thank you!

Hirsch, David — 2013-04-30T16:21:09

Dear All,

I would like to thank all of you who sent me congratulatory messages. Very much appreciated.
Over the past twenty years, few of these awards have gone to area studies librarians... 1 to our Japanese Studies librarian some years ago, and three to Ethnic American Studies Librarians so this award shows that there is still a role, and perhaps some appreciation for area specialists.

Thank you again.
David

RE: Congratulations David

Hirsch, David — 2013-04-30T16:12:33

Thank you, Paul! Hope you are well. Are you really retired or are you still working? 
I hope our paths will cross again sometime soon.
Best,
David

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Congratulations David. Richly deserved.

Paul.

Paul Auchterlonie,
Honorary Research Fellow,
Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies,
University of Exeter,
Stocker Rd.,
Exeter EX4 4ND,
U.K.
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Re: Congratulations!

Dalia Gohary — 2013-04-30T16:03:13

Congratulations David. I am very pleased for you.  Well deserved.  
Dalia Gohary

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Congratulations!

Deeb, Mary Jane — 2013-04-30T14:19:18

Congratulations David!  Well deserved.
Mary-Jane

Mary-Jane Deeb, Ph.D.
Chief, African and Middle Eastern Division
The Library of Congress

email: mdee-+hwoy1Po9Oc< at >public.gmane.org
phone: 202-707-1221
fax: 202-252-3180

The views expressed by the author are not necessarily those of the Library of Congress

RE: Congratulations David

Salhi, Muhannad — 2013-04-30T13:57:21

Congratulations David!

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Congratulations to our colleague and friend David Hirsch for being named the "Librarian of the Year at UCLA"

It is my pleasure to announce that David Hirsch, a librarian in UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library Collections, Research and Instructional Services, has been chosen by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Los Angeles, as the 2013 Librarian of the Year. This award recognizes excellence in librarianship over the last twelve to eighteen months, particularly as it furthers the teaching and research mission of UCLA, and meets the intellectual, informational, and cultural needs of the university community.

The award, confe

Re: Congratulations David

David Faust — 2013-04-30T13:50:54

Dear David,

I'm delighted to learn of your Librarian of the Year award.  I join with
the rest of MELANET in wishing you hearty congratulations for this
recognition of your ongoing fantastic work!

Warm regards,
David


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Fazelian, Jaleh <jfazelia-cM8NO6H+dvaHXe+LvDLADg< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

RE: Congratulations David

Fazelian, Jaleh — 2013-04-30T13:44:02

Congratulations, David! 

________________________________________________
Jaleh Fazelian
Islamic Studies & South Asian Studies Librarian 
Washington University Libraries
1 Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1061
St. Louis, MO 63130
email: jfazelia-cM8NO6H+dvaHXe+LvDLADg< at >public.gmane.org
Phone: 314-935-5714
Fax:  314-935-9890

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Congratulations to our colleague and friend David Hirsch for being named the "Librarian of the Year at UCLA"

It is my pleasure to announce that David Hirsch, a librarian in UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library Collections, Research and Instructional Services, has been chosen by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Los Angeles, as the 2

Congratulations David

Visel, Patrick — 2013-04-30T13:42:26

Congratulations David

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Subject: [MELANET-L] Congratulations David

Congratulations to our colleague and friend David Hirsch for being named the "Librarian of the Year at UCLA"

It is my pleasure to announce that David Hirsch, a librarian in UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library Collections, Research and Instructional Services, has been chosen by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Los Angeles, as the 2013 Librarian of the Year. This award recognizes excellence in librarianship over the last twelve to eighteen months, particularly as it furthers the teaching and research mission of UCLA, and meets the intellectual, informational, and cultural needs of the university community.

The award, confer

Congratulations, David

Karl R Schaefer — 2013-04-30T13:40:52

Congratulations, David. I am very pleased to know that you are being recognized in this way. Another step on a most productive career. Well deserved!

Cordially,

Karl Schaefer


Dr. Karl R. Schaefer
Cowles Library
Drake University
karl.schaefer-uRDrSPzFSZeHXe+LvDLADg< at >public.gmane.org<mailto:karl.schaefer-uRDrSPzFSZeHXe+LvDLADg< at >public.gmane.org>

"[The] practice of scholarship and teaching is a matter of public good, not commercial exigency... In a scientific age, when secular knowledge must undergird secular understanding, independent scholar-teachers are more critical than ever before. When they and their training are redefined as dispensable, valued only for their instrumentality in the competitive arena of vocational skill training, academic freedom becomes a privilege of powerful universities and status-laden faculty. Everyone else would be disposable, and a disposable faculty would not speak truth to power, but rather do its bidding." (Mary Burgan, Whatever Happened to the Faculty?)


"...[L]et us reme

RE: Congratulations David

Hasan, Afzal — 2013-04-30T08:22:37

Mubarakun wa alfu alfi tahni'in!

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Congratulations, David!  Alf mabruk!

Best wishes,

Aseel Nasir Dyck


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