GenesisAmbitious Aims (1)Ambitious Aims (2) Initial and Ongoing PartnershipsOur Time FrameDemonstration [Elizabeth]AMEEL:Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryAnn OkersonElizabeth BeaudinYale University Library2006 TICFIA Grantee ConferenceApril 19-21, 2006Michigan State UniversityGenesis• Builds on previous TICFIA grant and is an obvious next step:– OACIS: a bibliographical building block, a union list of periodicals from and about the Middle East– See: <www.library.yale.edu/oacis>– No. of OACIS partners US, ME: 21 to date, 3 pending– Approximately 14,000 unique titles– Serials printed in approx 60+ languages, top 5: Arabic, English, Turkish,– Persian, French• And now AMEEL:– <www.library.yale.edu/ameel>AMEEL: Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryAmbitious Aims (1)• Primary goals:– Create underlying architecture for a digital library on the middle east– Enable linking of numerous diverse resources to this site– Develop and digitize content, particularly selected scholarly journals• Additional goals:– Develop ILL infrastructure with Middle East– Two one-week training workshops for Arabic OCRAMEEL: Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryAmbitious Aims (2) • Allow scholars, students, teachers and others to search, retrieve and view academic resources via: – Internet directory– New digital objects– Existing digital content– Middleware for connectivity and searching• Synergize with other grants and projects– NEH Iraq– MEDL? Others?AMEEL: Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryInitial and Ongoing Partnerships• OACIS union catalog partners– 20+, incl. Halle and Alexandria• CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers)• Publishers– OUP, JSTOR, Brill, others• Intellectual property experts• Funding agencies• Strong interest from Yale President’s Office• Now inquiries from othersAMEEL: Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryOur Time Frame• Year 1: – Lay groundwork– Workflow; standards; policies; participants• Year 2:– Create new content, OCR– Link existing content such as union catalogs– ILL partnerships with several ME libraries– First Arabic OCR workshop• Year 3:– Expand connectivity to publishers’ contents– Expand ILL– Second Arabic OCR workshop• Year 4:– Continue, test, survey, publish, promoteAMEEL: Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryDemonstration [Elizabeth] AMEEL: Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic Library•Internet directory•Contents to date•Conditions of publication•Feedback form•OACIS to AMEEL: Abu Naḍḍarafull textAl-Khalil Ibn Ahmed: Kitab al-`AynTHANK YOU!