Bookstore Browsing Blues

Leila Lalami writes about one of her favorite bookstore in Rabat, with a 
nice photo of what real bookstores used to look like - and some still do 
http://lailalalami.com/2009/support-your-bookstore/

Also check out Lalami's timely review of Christopher Caldwell's book. 
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West,
in the current (Dec. 14) issue of The Nation, available online at
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091214/lalami/single

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Tomorrow, Dec.3rd Dr. Ahmed Achrati speaks on Petroglyphic Art in North Africa: The Story of the Engraved Rocks of the Sahara

http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/Upcomingevents/UpcomingEvents.html  AMED UP Coming Events 
http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/   Library Calendar 

The Near East Section,
African and Middle Eastern Division,
The Library of Congress

Presents

Ahmed Achrati, Ph.D.

Speaking on

Petroglyphic Art in North Africa:
The Story of the Engraved Rocks of the Sahara

Thursday, December 3, 2009
12:00-1:00 p.m.
African and Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
LJ220, Thomas Jefferson Building
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540

Free and Open to the Public
For information contact Dr. Muhannad Salhi (202) 707-3778 or msalhi@... 

Request ASL or ADA Accommodation Five Days in Advance at 
(202) 707-6362 or ADA@... 

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MELA 2009 Partington Award Winner

MELANETters,

Especially for those of you who were unable to attend the MELA meeting, the recipient of this year's
Partington Award was Jonathan Rodgers of University of Michigan. Details are in the press release, which
has been circulated to various library associations in the US and abroad, and should be likewise posted in
the MELA Notepad blog site. 

Congratulations to Jonathan! 

william.

William J. Kopycki
Field Director
Library of Congress--Cairo, Egypt
US Embassy
8 Kamal al-Din Salah St.
Garden City, Cairo
Egypt
Tel. +20-2-2797-3564
Fax +20-2-2296-0233
wkopycki@...

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RE: MELA 2009 Partington Award Winner

The updated info about the Partington Award is now on the MELA website, as is a .pdf of the press release (on
the "past winners" page).

An abridged version of the press release is visible on MELA Notepad
(http://mela.us/mela_notepad/2009/12/ ), with a link back to the page listing past winners.

I have completely revamped the structure of these pages so if you have bookmarked any of them, you'll need to
re-navigate from http://www.mela.us 

Robin
MELA Webmaster

Roberta L. Dougherty
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian
University of Texas Libraries
University of Texas at Austin
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blog:  http://blogs.lib.utexas.edu/melp

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To: melanet-l@...
Subject: [MELANET-L] MELA 2009 Partington Award Winner

From the Chronicle: Monk saves threatened manuscripts

Partington Award

Dear MELA colleagues and members of the Partington Award Committee:

I was profoundly honored at the November 2009 MELA meeting by being selected to receive the David H.
Partington Award. The surprise of being so recognized left me unable to express adequately the honor I
felt and my gratitude to the MELA membership and the Committee. To the sense of honor I should add also
humility at my inclusion in the august company of our previous honorees and among so many others in MELA
also deserving of such this honor.

Kind regards,

Jonathan Rodgers

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Jonathan Rodgers
Head, Near East Division, University of Michigan Library
 http://www.lib.umich.edu/area-programs/near-east-division
Coordinator, Area Programs http://www.lib.umich.edu/area-programs
E-mail: jrodgers@...
Postal address: Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1205 USA
Tel: (734) 764-7555; Fax:(734) 763-6743 

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Event: Dec.9th Alia Malek speaks on her book "A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories"

http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/Upcomingevents/UpcomingEvents.html  AMED UP Coming Events 
http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/   Library Calendar 

The Near East Section,
African and Middle Eastern Division,
The Library of Congress

Presents

Alia Malek

Speaking on

A Country Called Amreeka:
Arab Roots, American Stories"

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
12:00-1:00 P.M.
African and Middle Eastern Reading Room
LJ220, Thomas Jefferson Building
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington DC 20540

Free and Open to the Public
For Information contact Dr. Muhannad Salhi, (202) 707-3778 or msalhi@... 

Request ASL or ADA Accommodation Five Days in Advance at (202) 707-6362 or
ADA@... 

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Committee on Cataloging

Re: Copies request

YES, I received a letter from him, and this is not the first time. It seems 
that he sent letters to all MELA members. His requests are unreasonable. I    
sent one of his requests to our Copy Services and they sent him an estimate
of the cost of his request. I doubt if we will hear from him again.

gamil youssef

Re: al-Hadaf

Dear Michael:

Yes, we do have the issue  of al-Hadaf  you're requesting.

Do you want us to photocopy the whole? Just let us know, and 

we'll happily do it  for you.

Best regards, Gamil