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Connie Lamb from BYU on collecting Arab American studies resources for #HigherEd Libraries #MELALibs2019
Three main waves of Arab migration to North America- early 1900s from Lebanon/Syria, following WWII, 80's and 90's. Did not appear in scholarship until 1960's and 70's. #MELALibs2019
Selected nonfiction, English language, books about immigrants, substantial scholarly works. Used @oclc searches, browsed shelves, book awards and bibliographies to find around 90 titles. #MELALibs2019
Now a presentation about digital crowdsourcing by @MENALibAHS and Gwen Collaço #MELALibs2019
@MENALibAHS Featuring collection from Stuart Cary Welch- who photographed art for teaching. As a curator, he did not feel a need to describe the works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Ca… #MELALibs2019
@MENALibAHS Collection shows a wide range of items- textiles, metals, paintings, and more. ~65,000 slides, funding for 2 years, and one dedicated cataloger for a project that needs significant subject area knowledge. #MELALibs2019
.@librarycongress Eltaher collection focuses on life of Mohamed Ali Eltaher, influential Palestinian journalist blogs.loc.gov/international-… #MELALibs2019
@librarycongress Collection features 120 pamphlets discussing the British Mandate, Balfour Declaration, and Zionist Movement. All digitized and viewable online. #MELALibs2019
@librarycongress Work was supported by catalogers in the Near East section, who helped with cataloging and creating a finding aid. #MELALibs2019
Now we're getting a tour of @librarycongress new Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish digital collections #MELALibs2019
@librarycongress 308 books from the Sultan Hamid II Collection had been microfilmed for preservation. Catalog cards were microfilmed with them- only source for metadata. #MELALibs2019
@librarycongress Collaboration! A similar collection was given to @NYULibraries and cataloged by MELA hero Guy Burak. Descriptive metadata was matched to LC holdings.
Next presentation is Peter Magierski from @columbialib with the Muslim World Manuscripts Collection blogs.cul.columbia.edu/global-studies… #MELALibs2019
@columbialib Taking us through the history of the collection, including photos of the collectors. To quote Magierski, "a lot of white men in suits from Columbia" #MELALibs2019
@columbialib A "hidden collection" was identified in a strategic plan implementation. Students with Arabic and Persian background were given a template and guidance for cataloging the manuscripts. #MELALib2019
.@Akkasah_NYUAD collections feature photography from UAE and from the Ottoman era #MELAlibs2019
@Akkasah_NYUAD The Engin Ozendes Collection documents street views during the end of Ottoman empire and early Turkish Republic akkasah.org/results/Engin%… #MELALibs2019
@Akkasah_NYUAD Staff took several trips to Jordan to digitize the Hisham Khatib Collection, one of the largest private photography collections in the Middle East akkasah.org/results/Hisham… #MELALibs2019
