MELCOM INTERNATIONAL
The European Association of Middle East Librarians / Association Européenne des Bibliothécaires du Moyen-Orient
President : Arnoud Vrolijk / Secretary : Nathalie Rodriguez / Treasurer : Meline Nielsen
http:// www.uni-bamberg.de/unibib/melcom/home.html
27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ALEXANDRIA
FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Melcom International's 27th annual Conference will take place in Alexandria from Monday, May 23 to Wednesday, May 25th 2005. MELCOM’S host and local convener will be:
Prof. Youssef Ziedan
Head, Manuscript Center & Manuscript Museum
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Shatby - P.O.B. 138
Alexandria 21526
Egypt
ziedan@ziedan.com
The person in charge of all technical aspects is Omneya Nooh, Head of Academic Activities & Specialized Translation Section of the Manuscript Center
(Omneya.Nooh@bibalex.org)
Call for Papers
We call for papers in the following usual categories:
· Acquisition policies and practices
· Manuscript studies and rare material collections
· Cataloguing policies and practices
· Libraries and new technologies
Please send proposed titles of papers with a short abstract to the MELCOM secretary before the end of January 2005. The Melcom board and the Organising Committee reserve the right to select among papers.
Programme
A preliminary programme and information on more details will be circulated as soon as possible, but
only to those who will have stated their interest, please keep this in
mind, and remember that your expression of interest should also reach MELCOM secretary Nathalie Rodriguez (nrodrig@idf.ext.jussieu.fr) before the end of January 2005.
Please remember that I will be grateful for any help in keeping the MELCOM mailing list tidy and up to date.
Travel and accommodation
Travel and accommodation regulations are as usual, all participants are asked to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Information about accommodation and practical details will be given in the second circular, and posted on the Melcom website probably sooner : please check.
Do not hesitate to contact Omneya Nooh (Omneya.Nooh@bibalex.org) in Alexandrina if you need a personal invitation letter to attend the conference
MELCOM International is an open organisation, welcoming members from all fields connected with Middle Eastern librarianship and books. Information about MELCOM International, programmes of previous conferences, and circulars for the forthcoming conference are available on the MELCOM International website.
Hoping to see you all in Egypt and to hear from you soon.
Nathalie Rodriguez
Secretary, MELCOM International
Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire des Langues Orientales – 4, rue de Lille – 75007 Paris – France
Tél. : 33 1 44 77 95 05 – Fax : 33 1 44 77 87 30 – e-mail : nrodrig@idf.ext.jussieu.fr
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