Dear Colleagues,
The Middle East Librarians Association Committee on Iraqi Libraries
has begun the task of collecting images of library stamps and other
distinguishing markers identifying books and manuscripts that belong
to the Iraqi collections which are known or believed to have suffered
damage or loss during and after the recent war. For a sample of such
ownership marks, see:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LibraryStamps/LibraryStamps.htm
We seek the assistance of scholars who have worked in Iraqi libraries
or with microfilmed materials from Iraq, and who can provide images
from their own photographic, microfilm, or xerographic collections of
library stamps and other distinguishing markers not yet included in
this index.
We also request that scholars who know of collections of microfilm or
other copies of documents originating in Iraqi libraries inform us of
the locations and contacts for these collections so that we can seek
their assistance.
It is our intention to make this image-base widely available to the
scholarly community and to law-enforcement organizations in an
organized effort to suppress the illegal trade in cultural property.
A preliminary version is available on-line at:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LibraryStamps/LibraryStamps.htm
To offer assistance, please contact: Charles E. Jones
<[log in to unmask]>, The Oriental Institute, University of
Chicago, on behalf of the Middle East Librarians Association
Committee on Iraqi Libraries:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/melairaq.html
This appeal is being sent in the first instance to a large number of
e-mail lists -- we apologize for the inevitable duplication. Please
feel free to repost the appeal wherever it might be useful.
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Charles Ellwood Jones
Research Associate - Bibliographer
The Oriental Institute - Chicago
1155 E. 58th St. Chicago IL 60637-1569
USA
Voice (773) 702-9537 Fax (773) 702-9853
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http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/Research_Arch.html
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