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Presidential Decree No. 268
The
Manuscript Center, referred to by the Law No. 1 for the year
2001(Article 2) concerning the Library of Alexandria, which states:
"The Library of Alexandria comprises the
Library, the Planetarium and the Conference Center and it is to have
the following cultural and scientific institutions established
within it:
1. International School for Information Studies (ISIS)
2. Center for Documentation and Research
3. Science Museum
4. Calligraphy Institute
5. Manuscript Museum
6. Center for Preserving Rare Books & Documents
And other cultural or scientific institutions may be added or
established by a decree of the President of the Republic, and the
President of the Republic shall by decree define the legal status of
the institutions mentioned in this article."
Was established upon the issuing of the Presidential Decree No.
268 on 12 September 2002, which stipulates the following:
Article 1. A scientific and cultural center designated as the
‘Manuscript Center’ is to be established in the Library of
Alexandria.
Article 2. The Manuscript Center aims at the fulfillment of
the following tasks:
1. To collect, catalog and preserve scientifically original
manuscripts.
2. To acquire microfilmed and digital copies of the assorted
manuscript collections worldwide.
3. To provide scientific research resources in various fields of
heritage.
4. To establish academic cooperation with parallel centers all over
the world.
5. To disseminate scientific heritage, in particular the works
pertaining to the history of science, and the contributions of the
Arab-Islamic civilization to the human intellectual experience.
6. To organize specialized training courses in fields of heritage
such as cataloging, authentication and publishing of manuscripts.
7. To coordinate between specialized centers in heritage and
manuscripts, as well as to organize colloquia on related issues.
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