Manuscript Center
 
Manuscript & Rare Book    Exhibition Gallery  
 


Current Tasks

  •  Publishing an exhaustive descriptive catalog and an electronic database for the Escorial Manuscript collection.

  • Publishing an exhaustive archive of the Suez Canal documents.

  •  Releasing the first CD of the al-Hilal Magazine Project with the first ten years issues.

  • Publishing a digital set of the rarities of Uppsala University Library's manuscript collection.

  •  Releasing the third set of the Digital Manuscript Library (Selections from the Smūa Religious Institute)

  •  Publishing the second catalog in the series of the Selected Rarities of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in six languages. 

  • Publishing the third book in the series of the Multi-lingual Publishing Project entitled Introduction to Sufism by al-Sulamī

  •  Releasing 7 lectures given within the cultural activities which accompanied the Book Fair held in the BA on CDs.

  •  Preparing for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's pavilion at the Cairo International Book Fair (traveling exhibition).

  •  Organizing the Signed Manuscripts Conference (26-28 April 2005) and the 27th Melcom International Conference (23-25 May 2005).