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BIBFRAME LOGO BIBFRAME Conference organized by Cybrarians (the Arabic Portal for Librarianship and Information) Cairo, Egypt 9-10 September 2015 Introduction : Starting from the second decade of the 21st century a great revolution happening in cataloging . In April 2013, the implementation of the new cataloging rules RDA started officially, and nowadays BIBFRAME considered the potential substitute of MARC 21 . The Bibliographic Framework Initiative issued in 2011 by Library of Congress in order to make a huge change in the structure of bibliographic records. Cybrarians organization is pleased to organize this event in order to reduce the time gap between Arabic and global library community. The conference aiming at presenting the Bibliographic Framework “Bibframe” to get Arabic community up to date, and to discuss the expected effects of new changes in cataloging, and how Arab library community will be ready to such new challenges. For Sufficient information About the Conf...

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...

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...

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 ...

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".

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 ...

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.