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Global Libraries Standards: Library Resource Management

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  Standards are used as broad lines and guidelines for the processes related to planning and implementing Library services. Standards are not a substitute for planning, but rather they are levels that represent the minimum requirements and resistances necessary for Library service. If they exceed this limit, they are acceptable, effective and recognized .. and If it fails to reach this minimum, it will be ineffective and unacceptable. From this standpoint, setting and developing unified standards that guide libraries and information centers becomes an urgent necessity, especially when planning library or documentary services followed by evaluation of their performance. As a continuation of The Global Libraries Standards Articles , we present a new standard “ Library Resource Management ”. You can refer to previous related articles : Global Libraries Standards: Cooperation Agreements Global Libraries Standards: Biblio Commons   Library Resource Managem...

"El Sawaf" calls the Arab Publishers Association for Relief Gaza libraries

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Mr. Mustafa El Sawaf " Mustafa El Sawaf " Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture ؛ called on the Arab Publishers Association of the need to move and contribute to support the libraries in Gaza Strip by participating in the campaign " Relief Gaza libraries " launched by the ministry, which aims to rebuild the libraries that were destroyed during the Israel aggression on the Gaza Strip and to provide them with books that enable them to return to fulfill its mandate which was established for. This came through a letter sent Mr. Sawaf to sir. " Asem Shalaby " head of the Arab Publishers Association , where among the damage caused by the aggression and the sector, which affected on the libraries of all kinds. Sawaf said: "Gaza subjected to barbaric aggression systematically lasted for 51 long days all walks of life and did not leave anything but influenced from stone .. trees and human beings , even the libraries had not been delivered ...