MELA Notes

Number 4           March, 1975

 

MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION

John A. Eilts (Michigan)—President of M. E. L. A.
Richard S. Cooper (U. C. Berkeley)—Vice President-Program Chairman
Martha L. P. Dukas (Harvard)—Secretary Treasurer
James W. Pollock (Indiana)—Editor

MELA Notes is being published at present semi-annually, April and October, with additional numbers as needed. It is distributed to members of the Association and to non-member subscribers. Membership dues of $5 bring the Notes and other mailings. Subscriptions are still $3 per calendar year, or $1.50 per issue for most back numbers. Address dues, requests for membership information or subscriptions to Marth Dukas, SecretaryTreasurer MELA, Middle Eastern Department, Harvard College Library, Ciunbridge, Mass. 02138.

IN THIS NUMBER:

Pronouncement     ii
Addresses, Essays, Lectures:
     OPTIONS IN COOPERATIVE MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANSHIP
     MELA Program, November 6, 1974, at Harvard University                                                               1

     Cooperative acquisitions and collection development
         Panel and discussion, Richard Cooper presiding                                                                           (Papers) (Discussion)

David Partington, Report on the ARL survey of recipients of Cairo “PL480” distribution, 1962 to 1974.     1          3,5
Frank McGowan, Report and proposals on the Cairo Library of Congress Office services.                         3          5
James Pollock, Report on first MESA/MELA assessment of library strengths in Middle East area holdings. 13        19
John Eilts, Report on the activities of some other area librarians, groups.                                                     19        20
Bruce Craig, Report on a study of Middle East book publishing figures.                                                      22        23
Richard Cooper, The case for a consortium.                                                                                               24       27

      Cooperative bibliographic control
         Panel and discussion, Margaret Anderson presiding                                                                             29

Martha L. P. Dukas, The Harvard Serials Project                                                                                         30      35
Eleazar Birnbaum, Training Middle Eastern booksellers to service North American libraries                          38       43
J. D. Pearson, Towards total bibliographical control of Islamic studies                                                          46       50

Library Tours, Look-ins and Notices                                                                                                           51

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