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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...
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"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 ...
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Re-banned children's books to libraries in Department of adults in Singapore

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The National Library of Singapore According to news reports It will be allowed to trade two books of children's books, it has been passed around in the prevention of libraries in Singapore because addressed to gay couples , following the intervention of the government. It was scheduled to be destroyed after the books banned by the board of directors of the National Library in Singapore . the Singapore Minister of Communications and Information " Jacob Abraham " instructed of the National Library to allow the circulation of books again, but in the adult section. He wrote on his page on the social networking site " Facebook " : the decision is still on what can or can not be read to children In the hands of guardians. He added that "parents who want to borrow these books to read with their children will have the option to do so".
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Apple pay 450 million dollars for priced books

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Apple Company Approved to pay about 450 million dollars to settle the case, which accuses them of conspiring with five of the top publishing houses to prove prices e-books .. according to court records released on Wednesday. The settlement is based on the appeal which the company lost last year, which ruled that "Apple" violated antitrust laws own prices, after conspiring with publishers to raise the prices of e-books. For its part, "Apple" is still denies involvement in this shameful act, where " kristin huguet " a spokeswoman for the company said : "We have not sinned, and we believe that a fair assessment of the facts will show that". In case of approval of the settlement by the judiciary, goes the amount of $400 million to consumers, while the company will pay an additional $20 million to legal wages. The lawyers who raised the issue on behalf of the consumer group and 33 U.S. states, intend to seek compensation worth 840 million ...
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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.
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Video : you can now create Arabic ebooks without programming experience !!

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" vijua " for software announced the launch of an application to create interactive electronic books in Arabic across smart devices whether operating system " Android " or iOS. " vijua " launched name " Kotobee " on the application interface, which is available to use in the Arabic language .. and offers to the user a set of tools to create books can interact with the content more than one way. " Ayman Abdul-Rahman " Director General of the company " vijua " commented on the interaction provided by the books made through the application of " Kotobee " ... saying: "We don't mean to interactive open external windows through the pages of the book, but we mean to interact with elements within the page itself". Abdul-Rahman added that among the elements of the interaction provided by " Kotobee " ( three-dimensional objects , video clips , music , pictures performances , and animated charact...
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#MAKTABIOS Weekly Bulletin 4/18/2014

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Mauritania Education Minister looking to cooperate with the King Abdulaziz Public Library http://maktabios.blogspot.com/2014/03/mauritania-education-minister-looking.html Occultation Tunis International Book Fair 2014 http://maktabios.blogspot.com/2014/03/occultation-tunis-international-book.html Libya involved for the first time in the ninth Erbil International book Fair http://maktabios.blogspot.com/2014/04/libya-involved-for-first-time-in-ninth.html Deputy Premier opens 16th Bahrain International Book Fair http://maktabios.blogspot.com/2014/03/deputy-premier-opens-16th-bahrain.html Sultan Al Qasimi supports children's book with two million dirhams http://maktabios.blogspot.com/2014/04/sultan-al-qasimi-supports-childrens.html 5 thousand visitors to the mobile library in "Jubail" http://maktabios.blogspot.com/2014/03/5-thousand-visitors-to-mobile-library.html Modern visual language Constitute the Saudi Pavilion in Abu Dhabi Book Fair 2014 http://maktabios.blogspot.com...
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Strengthen cooperation between Hamdan bin Mohammed center and The National Archives

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Dr.Amina with Fatima and Salma Abu Dhabi National Archives discussed with a delegation from the Hamdan Bin Mohammed center to revive the heritage of ways to enhance cooperation in the development of rules and principles advanced solid archive of the center, and the exchange of expertise in the areas of research and oral history. This came during a visit by Dr. " Amina Aldhaheri " Director of Research and Studies, accompanied by " Fatima Mohammed " Senior management at the headquarters of the National Archives in Abu Dhabi .. where to meet with " Salma Al Mansouri " The director of the archives which provided for the visitors a presentation on management's vision, mission and objectives operational, and what they offer in terms of documenting and archiving the nation's memory save millions through historical documents of great importance in the history and heritage of the UAE and the Gulf region. At the conclusion of the visit, Dr. Amina Ald...
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