Number 12 October, 1977
MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
Fawzi W. Khoury (Washington)—President of M. E. L. A.
Virginia Gibbons (Princeton)—Vice President-Program Chairman
Janet P. Heineck (Chicago)—Secretary-Treasurer
James W. Pollock (Indiana)—Editor
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IN THIS NUMBER:
Editorial: Commune, Publish: 1
Association Chronicle:
Annual Meeting, New York City, Statler-Hilton Hotel,
November 9, 1977 2
Membership List and News of the Members 4
Addresses, Essays, Lectures:
Anthony Welch, Patrons and Calligraphers in Safavi
Iran 10
Mahmud Thabit, The Tragedy of Arabic Manuscripts. Translated
by Michael W. Albin 16
James Pollock, Guidelines for Non-Specialist Library
Collections on the Middle East : Lime-lines in the Tall Grass
20
Collation for the NOTES: 9, 24
Serials Classified Section -- no listings this number
Communications from: John Eilts, Veronica Pantelidis,
Fawzi Khoury, Marcia McClintock, Miroslav Krek, Ragai Makar, Ahmad Sharkas,
Mohammed Alwan, Jan Weryho, Fawzi Abdulrazak, Nassif
Youssif
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