Stephen Griffin
Program Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
Joan K. Lippincott
Associate Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information
Joyce Ray
Associate Deputy Director for Library Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Donald J. Waters
Program Officer for Scholarly Communication
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
With funding from NSF and the US/Egypt Joint Science and Technology Fund, IMLS and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) partnered to organize a US-Egyptian workshop at the BA in January 2006. The purpose of the workshop was to lay the foundation for development of a core infrastructure, identify scope and requirements for initial content for a Digital Library of the Middle East, and to discuss requirements for establishment of dedicated linkages to global science and technology networks.
Specific workshop objectives were to:
• Agree on a long-term vision
• Assess the current information infrastructure in the Middle East and examine the potential for establishing advanced research networks
• Identify a model for content aggregation, management, and preservation
• Identify content scope and services, and
• Document requirements as a roadmap for future actions
Presenters will discuss the workshop and forthcoming report as well as anticipated next steps to advance the long-term vision.
Web Site:
http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~egyptdlw/