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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...

How to Utilizing Reading Techniques in Antiracist Learning

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Antiracist Books Temporarily Out of Stock After the USA protests over George Floyd’s death “Antiracist Books Temporarily Out of Stock” and police brutality have intensified recommended reading lists for white people to better educate themselves about racism have cropped up all over the internet. So we must ask our selves How To Utilizing reading techniques in Antiracist Learning? Apparently, some white people are taking those recommendations to heart: Antiracist books have climbed the bestseller lists and in many cases temporarily sold out at Amazon and other online book retailers. At Amazon, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo and How to Be an Anti-racist by Ibram X. Kendi were a top its bestseller list for all books. In addition to adult non-fiction .. children’s books about racism are also selling briskly .. an indication that parents and other adults want to talk about race with the children in their l...

The world's most famous Striking Libraries From 1749 To 2013

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"Thinking inside the box" Central Library of Nice, France Architecture is usually analyzed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises significantly from its image. this Article examines The world's most famous Striking Libraries Embodied in Illustrated ; the nature of the image and imagination ; History of Origin and Significance of Design. Now Let's begin in this tour From the old to the latest : Note: Click on each images for more details . The Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library, Oxford University Oxford, UK Designed by James Gibbs Opened in 1749 This was originally a science library but now houses English, history, and theology books on Oxford University reading lists, plus a lot of room for reading them. Library of Parliament Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones Opened in 1876 This library is the research hub for Canada’s Parliame...

Open Access Websites in Arab Countries

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The Power Of Open Access The Arab institutions began to express their strong commitment to fostering an enabling environment for Open Access (OA). Nowadays there is unlimited forms of Open Access Websites In Arab Countries including databases, journals, periodicals, peer-reviewed Articles, Academic research … etc that are interested in different fields. It's also With the accelerated pace of construction of these sites , It has become with a power of information inside and easy to access. Today " MAKTABIOS " Show you the most important Open Access websites in Arab Countries on the internet: Notes : The sites will appear as follows The URL : Site address. About Site : A Brief summary. ISSN  : An International Standard Serial Number . International Arab Journal of e-Technology (IAJeT) The International Arab Journal of e-Technology (IAJeT) is a specialized, refereed, and indexed journal that is published biannually in English. IAJeT is the official j...

6 Great Articles About The World's Most Famous Libraries

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Great Champ Library In this digital era, most people resort to reading books on Internet networks, single click on the reader gets the information it needs without incurring any effort. However, some libraries around the world with the unique designs and warm ambience makes the reader craves contact with books and spend long hours of reading and research. In other words, engineering libraries play an essential role in attracting enthusiasts reading and encourage them to maintain the special relationship that binds the reader to his book. Central Library in Seattle - Washington at the United Nations Modern and sophisticated Library, pulls tourists from all over the world, in its first year has had more than two million tourists. It is designed by Dutch architect "Rem Koolhaas" and The American designer "Joshua Ramos." The tour which began in 2006, two years after it opened. This library pursuant a brilliant engineered and a milestone in the design of l...

Booths communication converted to small libraries

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Phone Booth Library An Old phones pose Booths deployed in the streets of the German capital " Berlin " a significant burden on the municipality of the city .. after it became futile in light of the spread of technology to use mobile phones. The German telecommunications company « Deutsche Telekom » announced for a new initiative to take advantage of those boothes. There are close to the Berlin site contains about 3 thousand stall Old phones mostly gray or pink and their ranges between 300 to 400 Euros (415-550 dollars ). The Booths old phones are often converted to small libraries or outlets for the sale of the plants.