Papers Presented at the Alexandria, Egypt Workshop, January 2006

• Heather Boyles, High-performance Research and Education Networks in Support of Digital Libraries in the Middle East: The role of Internet2 and other National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in supporting international research, teaching and learning collaboration
  
• Laura Campbell and John Van Oudenaren, The Library of Congress World Digital Library Initiative
  
• Timothy W. Cole, What Is OAI-PMH Good For?
  
• Jerry Cooper, A User’s Perspective
  
• Bob Englund, Access to dead language resources: the contribution of the CDLI
  
• Lewis R. Lancaster, Metadata Strategies for Cultural Heritage Information
  
• Ronald L. Larsen, Scalable, Interoperable Digital Library Infrastructure
  
• Richard M. Leventhal, Creation and Access to a Regional Archive
  
• Joan K. Lippincott, Digital Libraries and the Link to Teaching and Learning
  
• Ann Okerson, Yale, AMEEL, and the Prospects of This Workshop
  
• Joyce Ray, The Digital Library of the Middle East
  
• Malcolm Read, Briefing Paper on National Digital Library Policies for UK Universities
  
• Melissa Smith Levine, Thoughts on a Digital Library of the Middle East
  
• Maurice A. Mikhail, A Digital Library of the Middle East - Standards and Framework
  
• Sam Quigley, Multiple Roles of the Digital Library of the Middle East
  
• Shahira el Sawy & Philip Croom, White Paper Prepared for the “Digital Library in the Middle East” Workshop
  
• Dale Smith, Networking Issues For A Digital Library of the Middle East
  
• Gary E. Strong, A Digital Library for the Middle East
  
• John Van Oudenaren and Laura Campbell, The Library of Congress World Digital Library Initiative
  
• Donald Waters, Middle East Digital Libraries: Some Principles for Development

Selected links relating to digital libraries.  Send an email to info@FulbrightAcademy.org to add additional websites to this listing.  Listong dated July 10, 2006

List of Digital Library Projects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_library_projects

Website of the January 2006 Workshop in Egypt
http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~egyptdlw/

UNESCO Library & Information Program
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/

The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
http://www.icsti.org/

DELOS: European Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries
http://www.delos.info/

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Workshop on Metadata and Digital Library Development, July 17-18, 2006, Washington, DC, USA
http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctsconted/alctsceevents/workshops/metadatadigitallibdev.htm

European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, September 17-22, 2006 in Alicante, Spain
http://www.ecdl2006.org/

International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2006), October 8-10, 2006 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
http://ipres.library.cornell.edu/index.html

National Science Digital Library Annual Meeting, October 18-20, 2006 in Washington, DC, USA
http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org/

Conference: The e-volution of Information Technology in Cultural Heritage, Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2006 in Cyprus
http://www.vast2006.org/

Digital Libaray Federation, Fall Forum, Nov. 8-10, 2006, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.diglib.org/forums/fall2006/

International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, November 2006, Kyoto, Japan
http://www.icadl.org/

International Journal on Digital Libraries, Springer Verlag
http://www.dljournal.org/

Tibetan and Himilayan Digital Library
http://www.thdl.org/index.html

Article about Iraqi Virtual Science Library
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060521-103139-7116r.htm

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material prepared for the workshp are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0634655.

• Our Cultural Commonwealth: The final report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities &Social Sciences Released December 13, 2006. Click here to request a print copy.
• A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections.  Prepared by the National Information Standards Organization.  2nd edition: 2004.
• Crossing the digital divide: the contribution of information technology to the professional performance of malaria researchers in Africa, Julia Royall et al. 2005.
• Digital Science Libraries Practical Approaches to Supporting Science in Developing Countries, UN Chronicle Online, 2006.