National Library and Archives of Egypt
Library of Congress and National Library and Archives of Egypt Expand Digital Library Cooperation
16-11-2006 (Library of Congress)
Statement by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington on the Occasion of the Opening of a Digitization Facility at the National Library of Egypt, Cairo
15-11-2006 (U.S. Department of State)
Egyptian-American Project to Preserve Manuscripts and Rare Documents at the National Library
14-11-2006 (al-Ahram)
Ronnie Hawkins (seated, left) of the Library of Congress ITS Digital Scan Center provides guidance to Remad (standing), one of the three women assigned to the NLE Digital Scan Center team. Hisham Maki (seated, right) of the LC Cairo Field Office listens in.
Sandy Bostian (seated, second from right) of the Library of Congress Digital Conversion Team introduces the NLE Digital Scan Center staff to concepts related to XML and the MODS record format. Fawzi Tadros (seated, right) of the Library of Congress African and Middle East Division assists.
Marwa Hamdy of the National Library and Archives of Egypt art department demonstrates scanning procedures on a 19th century book.