'Islamic Archaeology of Saudi Arabia' ?

Please respond to email address below.

>   Is there any book on 'Islamic Archaeology of Saudi Arabia' in English?
>Thanks
>Dr. S. Anis Hashim
>  email  : sanis@...,   sanishashim@...

Re: 'Islamic Archaeology of Saudi Arabia' ?

A few articles if you are interested.

Northeastern Arabia: from the Seleucids to the earliest Caliphs  
Potts, Daniel T 
Expedition (Expedition)  v. 26 ([Spr] '84) p. 21-30 

 
Saudi Arabia: architecture, archaeology and the arts  {19 article special 
issue}. Arts & the Islamic World (Arts Islamic World)  no25 (Autumn '94) p. 13-
96. A special issue on Saudi Arabian architecture, archaeology, and 
arts. 

  
Petersen, Andrew. "The archaeology of the Syrian and Iraqi Hajj routes." World 
Archaeology (World Archaeol) v. 26 (June '94) p. 47-56.  This paper gives a 
summary of recent archaeological survey-work carried out on the Islamic 
pilgrimage (Hajj) routes of Arabia. The main types of installations and 
features found on the routes are briefly discussed; these are water systems, 
khans, mosques, forts, palaces, cemeteries, settlements, roads and road 
markings. In the future, surveys on a wider scale, both chronologically and 
spatially, will enable more sophisticated analysis to take place. Reprinted by 
permission of the publisher.

Lokman I. Meho, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
1320 East 10th Street, LI 011
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
Tel: (812) 856-2323

Fwd: Middle Eastern Studies Librarian -- University of Texas Libraries

works on islam and capitalism

A colleague of mine needs your suggestions for his research. He can read 
French also, but could you, if possible, refer titles originally in 
English or translated into English?
Thank you, and here is his message:

Can you suggest the "standard" book or books that deal with the 
relationship between Islam and capitalism, including the history of this 
relationship and analysis of the current day situation? If the book 
includes comparisons with other major world religions on this 
relationship, that would be great, though not necessary.
In addition to an overview sort of book, is there any book well-known in 
the way that Max Weber's book about Protestantism and capitalism has 
been widely read and disputed?

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Ilhan Citak
Lehigh University
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revised survey

Re: works on islam and capitalism

Rodinson, Maxime. Islam and capitalism. Austin: University of Texas Press, 
1978. First published in 1974. 

Gran, Peter. Islamic roots of capitalism: Egypt, 1760-1840. Syracuse, NY: 
Syracuse University Press, 1998 (originally published in 1979). 

Naqvi, Syed Nawab Haider. Ethics and economics: an Islamic synthesis. 
Leicester, UK: Islamic Foundation, 1981. 

Siddiqi, Muhammad Nejatullah. Muslim economic thinking: a survey of 
contemporary literature. Jeddah: International Centre for Research in Islamic 
Economics, King Abdul Aziz University ; Leicester, UK: Islamic Foundation, 
1981.

Gellner, Ernest.  Muslim society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.

KURAN T. "THE ECONOMIC-SYSTEM IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC THOUGHT: INTERPRETATION 
AND ASSESSMENT." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, 1986, V18, N2, 
P 135-164.

Lokman I. Meho, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
1320 East 10th Street, LI 011
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
Tel: (812) 856-2323
Fax: (812) 855-6166
E-mail: meho@...
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/meho/

Quoting Ilhan Citak <ilc4@...>:

> A colleague of mine needs your suggestions for his research. He can read 
> French also, but could you, if possible, refer titles originally in 
> English or translated into English?
> Thank you, and here is his message:
> 
> Can you suggest the "standard" book or books that deal with the 
> relationship between Islam and capitalism, including the history of this 
> relationship and analysis of the current day situation? If the book 
> includes comparisons with other major world religions on this 
> relationship, that would be great, though not necessary.
> In addition to an overview sort of book, is there any book well-known in 
> the way that Max Weber's book about Protestantism and capitalism has 
> been widely read and disputed?
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Ilhan Citak
> Lehigh University
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 

Re: revised survey

This is more confusing now than before. My library collects many of the 
languages on the LC pages, but not via the Middle East Section.  I'm not 
much interested in running stats for other sections, so I'm only filling 
in the languages I collect.

Mary St. Germain

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, MELA ConC wrote:

> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:15:27 -0700
> From: MELA ConC <mecatcom@...>
> To: Middle East Librarians Association <MELANET-L@...>
> Subject: revised survey
> 
> *Dear MELA members and friends,*
>
> **
>
> *In light of recent suggestions, the Committee on Cataloging has revised the
> survey sent out on May 23 in order to enhance the scope of question no. 2
> and those related to it. The following letter of introduction is also
> revised with the hope of providing greater clarity.*
>
> * *
>
> *As part of its charge to "identify and consider issues, make
> recommendations, and work with other appropriate bodies on matters related
> to the descriptive and subject cataloging, classification, and content
> designation of materials from and about the Middle East", the MELA Committee
> on Cataloging is interested in gathering information on practices and
> opinions regarding Middle East cataloging. To that end, we are asking those
> of you, who have not done so already, to please take a few minutes to fill
> out the survey found at http://www.mela.us/cataloging.html. Please click on
> the survey at the top of the page and download rather than opening the
> document. We encourage everyone to respond to the survey whether you are
> actively involved in Middle Eastern language cataloging or not. We want to
> hear what you have to say in order to determine what issues you would like
> the committee to consider as part of its agenda. If you have already
> submitted the previously issued version of the survey, but would like to
> resubmit using the revised version, please feel free to do so. We ask only
> that you let us know it is a resubmission. Again, you do not need to
> resubmit the survey unless you want to.*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *The survey is divided into three sections. We ask that parts I and II be
> answered by one person per institution since those sections deal with the
> policies and practices of Middle East cataloging in its institution setting.
> If you have separate collections that need to be accounted for, please
> coordinate your responses. Part III is intended to gather opinions from all
> members and friends. Unfortunately due to technical problems, the urls
> listed in question #2 do not work as hotlinks. The urls lead to the Library
> of Congress language lists. We list them here so that you can have direct
> links if you wish to use these lists as guides and also to correct the first
> url: http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/guide/nes-countries.html and
> http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/hs/hsctylng.html *
>
> * *
>
> *Comments are welcome on all issues related to any languages, scripts, and
> topics pertinent to MELA's sphere of interest, which encompasses "countries
> from Morocco through Pakistan as well as other areas formerly included in
> the Arab, Ottoman or Mughal empires", as our bylaws (article I) indicate.
> Comments of potential interest to other library groups including AJL,
> ALA's CC:AAM,
> etc. may be forwarded for further discussion as appropriate. In spite of the
> fact that several pairs of eyes have reviewed the survey, we realize that we
> may have missed or been unaware of issues and resources. If something has
> been left out, we encourage you to put it down in the survey. Question #35
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> the previous questions should there not be sufficient space for your
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> *Please return the survey to:mecatcom@... by June 27, 2005. We will
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> detailed report at the annual MELA meeting in Washington, D.C. in November.*
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>
> *We thank you in advance for taking the time to fill out the survey and look
> forward to hearing from you.*
>
> * *
>
> *Joyce Bell, Catalog Division, Princeton University*
>
> *Muhammad al-Furuque, Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, University of
> Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
>
> *Meryle Gaston, Middle East Studies Librarian, University of California at
> Santa Barbara, Chair*
>
> *William Kopycki, Middle East Bibliographer, University of Pennsylvania*
>
> *Fereshteh Molavi, Persian Specialist Librarian, Yale University*
>
> *Sarah Ozturk, Team Leader, Middle East/North Africa Team, Library of
> Congress*
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Fwd: Job announcement for MELANET

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>**************************************************************
>**This announcement has been posted to several lists. Please excuse any
>duplications.**
>
>LIBRARIAN (Data Librarian)
>Congressional Research Service, Washington DC
>
>The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a Data Librarian to
>serve in the Operations Group within the CRS Knowledge Services Group
>(KSG). The KSG provides authoritative information research and
>comprehensive knowledge management practices to the CRS research
>community and Congress. This position is being offered at the GS-14
>level ($88,369 - $114,882).
>
>The Data Librarian will be responsible for developing the guidelines
>and policies for CRS qualitative/quantitative data collections and
>overseeing their implementation.  Major duties include 1) identifying,
>assessing, and recommending quantitative and qualitative (text-analysis)
>data sets; 2) interpreting documentation, assisting with transferring
>files and importing data; 3) acquiring, storing, and maintaining data
>sets; 4) identifying for users and assisting users of data sets; 5)
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>incumbent will maintain knowledge of current and emerging information
>research methodologies; serve as an expert in social sciences resources
>as well as multidisciplinary sources; and develop and coordinate the
>spatial data services of the division.
>
>Interested applicants must either apply online (preferred) at
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>applicant job kit.  Please refer to vacancy #050149 in all
>correspondence. Applications must be received by June 29, 2005. Located
>within the Library of Congress, CRS is the public policy research arm of
>the United States Congress and is fully committed to workforce
>diversity.

Symposium announcement

Dear Colleagues,

For your information, here is the website of the 2nd international
symposium "History of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and
Countries of the Middle-East" which will take place at the Bibliothèque
nationale de France, Paris, from 2 to 4 November 2005 :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/colloque.imprimes.mo/.  It includes the list of the
speakers, the abstracts, the preliminary programme, practical information,
useful links and a registration form.

Please forward this message to friends and colleagues who are likely to be
interested in the topic.

Those who wish to attend are kindly asked to register (free) and send the
registration form to colloque.imprimes-mo@...

Cordially,
Sara Yontan Musnik
Local organiser
Bibliothèque nationale de France

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