Library and Information Science in the Middle East and North Africa
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Saur (2016), xiii, 355 pp.
Contains tables, index
Series: Global Studies in Libraries and Information, 3
ISBN 978-3-11-034172-0 (print); 978-3-11-034178-2 (pdf)
"Offers up-to-date insights into the state of library and information science (LIS) in the Middle East and North Africa. Covered topics include information literacy, intellectual property, LIS education and research, publishing and more. This timely contribution thus presents vital areas of research on a region that receives relatively little coverage and is currently experiencing rapid and significant changes." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Amanda B. Click, xi
1 Arab book publishing / Christof Galli, 1
2 For a Morocco that reads: the crisis of reading and recent initiatives to revive libraries and reading in Morocco / Sumayya Ahmed, 28
3 A bird's eye view of two open access experiences in Algeria: CERIST's Webreview and Dépôt numérique de l'Université d'Alger I / Samir Hachani, 46
4 Academic librarianship and coercion: a case study in the occupied Palestinian territories / Anaïs Salamon, 63
5 American-style academic libraries in the Gulf region / Daphne Flanagan and Frieda Wiebe, 87
6 Information literacy in the Middle East: a case study of the American University in Cairo and the American University of Sharjah / Meggan Houlihan, Christine Furno, and Jayme Spencer, 113
7 Aligning library services to the emerging online capability of Emirati students / Janet Martin, 138
8 Correlating information centers to emerging knowledge-based economies / Patricia A. Wand, 156
9 Education for library and information science in the Arab states / Evelyn H. Daniel, Lokman I. Meho, and Barbara B. Moran, 173
10 Library and information science research in the Arab world: a systematic review 2004-2013 / Amanda B. Click, Josiah Drewry, and Mahmoud Khalifa, 235
11 Addressing bias in the cataloging and classification of Arabic and Islamic materials: approaches from domain analysis / Blake Robinson, 255
12 Library collaboration in the Middle East and North Africa / Jordan M. Scepanski and Yasar Tonta, 270
13 The state of manuscript digitization projects in some Egyptian libraries and their challenges / Walid Ghali, 302
1 Arab book publishing / Christof Galli, 1
2 For a Morocco that reads: the crisis of reading and recent initiatives to revive libraries and reading in Morocco / Sumayya Ahmed, 28
3 A bird's eye view of two open access experiences in Algeria: CERIST's Webreview and Dépôt numérique de l'Université d'Alger I / Samir Hachani, 46
4 Academic librarianship and coercion: a case study in the occupied Palestinian territories / Anaïs Salamon, 63
5 American-style academic libraries in the Gulf region / Daphne Flanagan and Frieda Wiebe, 87
6 Information literacy in the Middle East: a case study of the American University in Cairo and the American University of Sharjah / Meggan Houlihan, Christine Furno, and Jayme Spencer, 113
7 Aligning library services to the emerging online capability of Emirati students / Janet Martin, 138
8 Correlating information centers to emerging knowledge-based economies / Patricia A. Wand, 156
9 Education for library and information science in the Arab states / Evelyn H. Daniel, Lokman I. Meho, and Barbara B. Moran, 173
10 Library and information science research in the Arab world: a systematic review 2004-2013 / Amanda B. Click, Josiah Drewry, and Mahmoud Khalifa, 235
11 Addressing bias in the cataloging and classification of Arabic and Islamic materials: approaches from domain analysis / Blake Robinson, 255
12 Library collaboration in the Middle East and North Africa / Jordan M. Scepanski and Yasar Tonta, 270
13 The state of manuscript digitization projects in some Egyptian libraries and their challenges / Walid Ghali, 302
