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Serageldin Chairman of the Executive Council of the WDL

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, has been elected Chairman of the Executive Council of the World Digital Library (WDL). According to James Billington, Librarian of Congress and Project Manager of the WDL, Serageldin was chosen owing to his sound expertise and ...

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Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection Goes to Serageldin

The Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2010 was presented to Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, in Chennai, India, on 7 August 2010, for his outstanding contribution to the cause of environment protection. The Award, instituted by Rotary Club of ...

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The Big Read 2010 Contests

As part of the activities of the Big Read 2010 project, the BA Library Sector announced essay, photo, art, and map contests, around Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn . Participants can now submit their photos until 30 October 2010, and they can submit their essays, paintings and maps until 15 ...

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“Guidelines for Researchers” Workshop at the BA

The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), in cooperation with The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Elsevier and the BA Legal Department, holds the “Guidelines for Researchers” workshop from 27 to 30 ...

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The BA Antiquities Museum Launches its New Website

The BA Antiquities Museum launched its new website with a database of more than 1,000 ancient monuments. It is the first museum in Egypt to display most of its holdings online in Arabic, English and French, in addition to historical and artistic introductions on the era to which the antiquities ...

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