Library of Congress, National Library and Archives of Egypt Expand Digital Library Cooperation

摘要

The Library of Congress and the National Library and Archives of Egypt announced a significant milestone in their cooperation on digital initiatives with the opening on Nov. 15 of a state-of-the-art digitization center at the National Library in Cairo. The equipment for the center has been provided by the Library of Congress to the National Library to enable it to digitize rare and unique materials in its collections and make them accessible on the Internet. The digitization center was officially inaugurated during a ceremony at the National library. Representing the United States were Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone and Dr. Michael Albin, director of the Library of Congress Cairo office, who spoke on behalf of Librarian of Con-gress James H. Billington. Representing the National Library and Archives of Egypt were Dr. Saber Arab, chairman of the National Library and Archives of Egypt, and Dr. Sherif Shaheen, the head of the National Library. A joint Library of Congress-National Library project team demonstrated the equipment to invited guests and members of the press.