Middle Eastern Librarianship -- Resources, Programs, etc.

Note: This post is part of area studies librarianship. See also: South Asian Studies -- Resources, Programs, etc.

New:
Digital Library of Arabic Manuscripts: a Questionnaire: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

LIS News: There are Arab books, but most not included in union catalogs

Bottomline: Hence, you will have to digg and digg, not just check the WorldCat, Library of Congress, British Library, etc. The list is long, and includes:

King Fahd National Library Riyadh

KACST Library, Riyadh + online Database

King Saud University Library, Riyadh

SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES London

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Library Oxford

Copac National, Academic, and Specialist Library Catalogue

bibliotheca alexandrina

biblioislam.net

Microform Academic Publishers, UK

Resources at Amazon.com: A randomly selected list of recent publications

Programs, Resources, etc. @ Middle East Librarians Association's web site, see also: MELA Notes

EThOS: Free Downloads Of UK Dissertations/Theses From The British Library

Info courtesy: Gerry McKiernan @ Reference Notes:

EThOS offers a coherent and consistent interface by implementing a central 'hub' comprising an e-store and a digitisation suite at The British Library site in Boston Spa, Yorkshire. The hub automatically harvests e-theses from Institutional Repositories and digitises paper theses from participating institutions to offer the single point of access. See also: what others say about this new service

The following electronic theses (fulltext, FREE download) are available @ Ethos:

The Wonders of Creation and the singularities of Ilkhanid painting : a study of the Qazwini, British Library Ms. Or. 14140. Carboni, Stefano. 1992 School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)

An investigation of the barriers to information access: A study among university students with special reference to Saudi Arabia Gharieb, Magdah Ezzat A. 2007 University of Strathclyde, Department of Computer and Information Science

Guidelines for the development of library and information services in developing countries with special reference to Iraq. Al-Werdi, Z.H.K. 1983 Loughborough University of Technology

Painting the stars in a century of change : a thirteenth-century copy of Al-Sufi's treatise on the fixed stars (British Library Or.5323). Carey, Moya Catherine. 2001 School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)

National bibliography in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Tunisia : analytical and comparative study with a view to planning a Saudi Arabian national bibliography. Samarkandi, Abdullatif Abdulhakeem. 1990 Loughborough University of Technology

Middle Eastern Library Blogs:

Arab Librarians Blog

Arabic Digital Library

Iran in Translation

Kurdish Women Empowered

A New Plan to Develop Saudi Libraries @ LIS NEWS

Many more.... @ Google blog search and here: Middle Eastern Librarians

PS. More to come, or ask what you want, and did not find here.