Library and information Science in the Middle East and North Africa

370 Pages·2016·1.567 MB·English

by  Click, Amanda B

LibraryandInformationScience
intheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica
Global Studies in Libraries
and Information

Edited by Ian M. Johnson
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JohannesBritz(SouthAfrica/U.S.A)
BarbaraFord(U.S.A.)
PeterLor(SouthAfrica)
KayRaseroka(Botswana)
AbdusSattarChaudry(Pakistan/Kuwait)
KerrySmith(Australia)
AnnaMariaTammaro(Italy)
Volume 3
Library and Information
Science in the Middle
East and North Africa

Edited by Amanda B. Click, Sumayya Ahmed,
Jacob Hill, and John D. Martin III
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About IFLA
www.ifla.org
IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) is
theleadinginternationalbodyrepresentingtheinterestsoflibraryandinforma-
tionservicesandtheirusers.Itistheglobalvoiceofthelibraryandinformation
profession. IFLA provides information specialists throughout the world with a
forumforexchanging ideasandpromotinginternational cooperation, research,
and development in all fields of library activity and information service. IFLA
is one of the means through which libraries, information centres, and informa-
tion professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as
agroup,protecttheirinterests,andfindsolutionstoglobalproblems.
IFLA’s aims, objectives, and professional programme can only be fulfilled
with the co-operation and active involvement of its members and affiliates.
Currently, approximately 1,600 associations, institutions and individuals, from
widelydivergentculturalbackgrounds,areworkingtogethertofurtherthegoals
of the Federation and to promote librarianship on a global level. Through its
formalmembership,IFLAdirectlyorindirectlyrepresentssome500,000library
andinformationprofessionalsworldwide.
IFLApursuesitsaimsthroughavarietyofchannels,includingthepublica-
tionofamajorjournal,aswellasguidelines,reportsandmonographsonawide
range of topics. IFLA organizes workshops and seminars around the world to
enhanceprofessionalpracticeandincreaseawarenessofthegrowingimportance
of libraries in the digital age. All this is done in collaboration with a number of
othernon-governmentalorganizations,fundingbodiesandinternationalagencies
suchasUNESCOandWIPO.IFLANET,theFederation’swebsite,isaprimesource
ofinformationaboutIFLA,itspoliciesandactivities:www.ifla.org.
Library and information professionals gather annually at the IFLA World
Library and Information Congress, held in August each year in cities around
theworld.
IFLA was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1927 at an international con-
ference of national library directors. IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in
1971. The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library), the national library of the
Netherlands,inTheHague,generouslyprovidesthefacilitiesforourheadquar-
ters.RegionalofficesarelocatedinRiodeJaneiro,Brazil;Pretoria,SouthAfrica;
and Singapore IFLA also has four Language Centres whose role it is to contri-
bute to more effective communication within the relevant language commu-
nities–Arabic,Chinese,French(inAfrica),andRussian.
Acknowledgements
TheeditorsappreciatethesupportoftheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapel
Hill SchoolofInformation andLibrary Science.Wewould also likeexpress our
gratitude to Dr. Barbara Moran, Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor
andleaderoftheELIME-21program,forherinvaluableguidancethroughoutthe
process ofcreating this volume. Thank youalso toBoydHolmes, for his expert
indexing.
Contents
ListofTables,Figures,andAppendicesIX
AmandaB.Click
IntroductionXI
ChristofGalli
1 ArabBookPublishing1
SumayyaAhmed
2 ForaMoroccothatReads:TheCrisisofReadingandRecentInitiatives
toReviveLibrariesandReadinginMorocco28
SamirHachani
3 ABird’sEyeViewofTwoOpenAccessExperiencesinAlgeria:CERIST’s
WebreviewandDépôtnumériquedel’Universitéd’AlgerI46
AnaïsSalamon
4 AcademicLibrarianshipandCoercion:ACaseStudyintheOccupied
PalestinianTerritories63
DaphneFlanaganandFriedaWiebe
5 American-styleAcademicLibrariesintheGulfRegion87
MegganHoulihan,ChristineFurno,andJaymeSpencer
6 InformationLiteracyintheMiddleEast:ACaseStudyoftheAmerican
UniversityinCairoandtheAmericanUniversityofSharjah113
JanetMartin
7 AligningLibraryServicestotheEmergingOnlineCapability
ofEmiratiStudents138
PatriciaA.Wand
8 CorrelatingInformationCenterstoEmergingKnowledge-based
Economies156
EvelynH.Daniel,LokmanI.Meho,andBarbaraB.Moran
9 EducationforLibraryandInformationScience
intheArabStates173
VIII  Contents
AmandaB.Click,JosiahDrewry,andMahmoudKhalifa
10 LibraryandInformationScienceResearchintheArabWorld:
ASystematicReview2004–2013235
BlakeRobinson
11 AddressingBiasintheCatalogingandClassificationofArabicand
IslamicMaterials:ApproachesfromDomainAnalysis255
JordanM.ScepanskiandYaşarTonta
12 LibraryCollaborationintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica270
WalidGhali
13 TheStateofManuscriptDigitizationProjectsinSomeEgyptian
LibrariesandTheirChallenges302
Contributors319
Index325
List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices
Table1.1 NumberofrecordsforbooksinMiddleEasternlanguagesfrom
OCLC/WorldCat,–
Table1.2 ReadinghabitsofArabpublics
Table1.3 Nationalbookproduction,Lebanon,Syria,Jordan,Egypt,
–
Table1.4 Nationalbookproduction,Algeria,MoroccoandTunisia,
–
Table1.5 PercentagesofDeweysubjectclassesoflegaldeposittotalsin
Tunisia,–
Table1.6 NumberofpublishersinselectedArabcountries,
Table1.7 Bookpricingranges,selectedcategories
Table1.8 MembershipofArabStatesininternationalcopyright
treaties
Table1.9 Arabstates’IDIrankingsandvalues,
Table1.10 ITIndicatorsforArabcountries
Table3.1 WorldInternetusageandpopulationstatisticsfromInternet
WorldStats
Table3.2 RatioofopenaccessarticlesineachjournalinWebreview
Table4.1 Library,dateoffoundation,andlocation
Table4.2 Collections,floorarea,staff,andnumberofstudents
Table4.3 Geographicalmobilityandjobstability
Table4.4 Genderrepartition
Table4.5 Degree(s)earnedandpositionheld
Table4.6 AcademictrajectoryofPalestinianlibraryprofessionals
Table4.7 Dailytasksandduties,andpositionheld
Table8.1 KnowledgeEconomyIndex(KEI)foreightGulfcountries,
comparingand
Table8.2 Numberofinformationcenters(librariesandmuseums),Gulf
Countries
Table8.3 Numberofpersonsperinformationcenter,GulfCountries
Table8.4 ComparingGulfCountriestoselectWesternknowledge-based
economiesregardingthenumberofpeopleperinformation
center
Table9.1 LISprogramsintheArabStatesofferingatleastabachelor’s
degreeinthefield
Table10.1 Alljournaltitlesincludedinthesystematicreview
X  ListofTables,Figures,andAppendices
Table10.2 NumberofArabworld-relatedarticles,topandinternational
journals
Table10.3 Researchbygeographicallocation,topandinternational
journals
Table10.4 Mostcommonresearchtopics,topandinternational
journals
Figure8.1 FourinteractivepillarsofKnowledgeEconomies
Figure8.2 Comparingnumberofinformationcenters,GulfCountries
Figure9.1 NumberofLISprogramsfoundedperdecade,
-present
Figure10.1 NumberofArabworld-relatedarticlesbyyear,topandinterna-
tionaljournals
Figure10.2 Authorcountryaffiliations,topandinternationaljournals
Figure10.3 Authorcountryaffiliations,Arabjournals
Appendix4.1 SurveyInstrument
Appendix12.1 LibraryConsortiaQuestionnaire
Appendix12.2 LibraryAssociationsQuestionnaire
Appendix12.3 LibraryCooperationQuestionnaire
Appendix12.4 LibraryConsortiaintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica
Appendix12.5 LibraryAssociationsintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica
Appendix12.6 OtherOrganizationsandInstitutionsPromotingLibrary
CollaborationintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica