MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
Meryle A. Gaston (New York University)—President 1990
Fawzi Khoury (University of Washington)—Vice President & Program Chair
1990
Michael Hopper (Harvard University)—Secretary-Treasurer 1990-1992
Brenda E. Bickett (Georgetown University)—Editor 1988-1990
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Number 50-51 Spring-Fall, 1990
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor's Note 2
Future Conferences 3
MEMP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 5
News of the Members 9
MELA Dues Reminder 9
NOTICES
Library Developments in Iraq
by Michael Albin 10
Turkish Library Week
by Salwa Ferahian 11
BILADI 11
The Middle East & South Asia Folklore Newsletter 11
Bibliographic Notices 12
ARTICLES
Some Technical Terms Relative to the Execution of Arabic Manuscripts
by Adam Gacek 13
Israeli Censorship Issue Receives Wide Exposure at ALA Convention
by David L. Williams 19
Islamic and Middle Eastern Resources
by Salwa Ferahian & John Leide
22
Princeton University Library Arabic Book Preservation Project
by Hedi BenAicha 33
Vernacular Access to Titles in Hebrew Script at the OSU Libraries
by Amnon Zipin 36
Information on the Collecting of Middle Eastern Materials from an Analysis of
the RLIN Database
by John A. Eilts 43
BOOK REVIEWS
Index islamicus. 1665-1905
reviewed by Jonathan Rodgers 46
Nosseir, Aida Ibrahim, Arabic Books Published in Egypt in the Nineteenth
Century
reviewed by Fawzy Abdulrazak 51
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara Library
55
MEMBERSHIP LIST 56
SUBSCRIPTION LIST 91
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