Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:52:17 +0530 From: prafulla@nisc.co.in A team from the Library of Congress visited Baghdad in October-November 2003 to advise the Ministry of Culture on the National Library of Baghdad. The report of their visit was distributed earlier this week: "Library of Congress Mission To Baghdad Report on the National Library and the House of Manuscripts, October 27-November 3, 2003" With the kind permission of Mary Jane Deeb, Team Leader and Arab World Area Specialist at the Library of Congress, the Middle East Librarians Association Committee on Iraqi Libraries has prepared and published the report on-line: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LCIraqReport.html A suite of illustrations to accompany the text of the report is in preparation. Please repost this announcement wherever there might be interest. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Charles Ellwood Jones Research Associate - Bibliographer The Oriental Institute - Chicago 1155 E. 58th St. Chicago IL 60637-1569 USA http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/Research_Arch.html