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Title :
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Annual Report 2005-2006 (English Version)
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Author:
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Date:
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05-08-2008 |
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Description:
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The Annual Report covers all the events, activities, financial statements, and organizational structure of the BA during the reported period.
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Title :
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A Landmark Building: Reflections on the Architecture of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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04-08-2008 |
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Description:
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Located in a place very near to where the Old Library once stood and rising from the Alexandrian ground like a sun-disk, Bibliotheca Alexandrina decorates the scenery with its extraordinary design and welcoming cultural plaza. This book provides a thoughtful critique of the Library`s breathtaking architecture, placing it within its cultural, physical and international context. A detailed and illustrated description of the vast complex and the institutions it comprise is also included. \r\n\r\n
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Title :
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مبني مبهر: تأملات حول البناء المعماري لمكتبة الإسكندرية
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Author:
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إسماعيل سراج الدين |
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Date:
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04-08-2008 |
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Description:
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في مكان مقارب من موقعها القديم ، تشرق المكتبة من الأرض السكندرية كمثل قرص الشمس المضيء لتزين المشهد بمعمارها الرائع وبساحة الحضارات التي تستقبل برحابة زائريها من مختلف دول العالم. يقدم الكتاب تحليلا نقديا لمعمار المكتبة الأخاذ و يضعه في سياقه الثقافي و المادي و الدولي كما يضم وصفا دقيقا لهذا المجمع الثقافي الضخم و ما فيه من مراكز و مؤسسات مختلفة.
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Title :
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Rapport Annuel 2005-2006
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Author:
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Date:
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13-07-2008 |
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Description:
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Le Rapport Annuel couvre tous les événements, les activités, l’état financier et la structure organisationnelle de la BA, au cours de la période rapportée.
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Title :
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Much More than a Building
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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07-07-2008 |
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Description:
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Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina published a commemorative book in its attempt to present the fruits and triumphs won along five years. It sets off from the time the BA was no more than a dream and traces its gradual development as it slides into the world of reality, coming to life again after sixteen hundred long years. The book documents the multifaceted program of activities the BA presented from 2001 to 2007, continually envisioning its aspiration to encourage the pursuit of knowledge, promote dialogue between peoples and cultures and, eventually, advocate world peace and harmony.
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Title :
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Hassan Fathy
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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07-07-2008 |
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Description:
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Written on Egypt's best known architect since Imhotep, this book presents a detailed biography of a man who, rooted in his local surroundings, strove for cultural authenticity and was, as a result, universally appreciated. Born on 23 March 1900, Hassan Fathy was destined to influence the architectural trends and modes of his century. A renowned name in his field, Fathy was still a lonely guru who, though marginalized by his contemporary peers, never compromised his vision; he continued to reject the Western modernist norm and design for human beings. This must-read book presents an illustrated documentary of the projects and buildings Fathy so masterfully designed.
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Title :
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Annual Report 2006-2007
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Author:
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Date:
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05-11-2007 |
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Description:
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The Annual Report covers all the events, activities, financial statements, and organizational structure of the BA during the reported period.
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Title :
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التقرير السنوي (2006-2007)
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Author:
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مكتبة الإسكندرية |
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Date:
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05-11-2007 |
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Description:
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يغطي التقرير السنوي كافة أنشطة المكتبة وفعالياتها وتقاريرها المالية وهيكلها التنظيمي خلال الفترة المذكورة.
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Title :
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BioVisionAlexandria2006: Conference booklet
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Author:
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Introduced by:Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2007 |
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Description:
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The Conference booklet comprises all information related to the BioVisionAlexandria2006 starting with the conference’s program and ending with the list of partners, sponsors, supporters and exhibitors. In addition, the booklet includes profiles and short biographies of all attending speakers with a brief description of their presented abstracts.
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Title :
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Colors of BioVisionAlexandria 2006
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Author:
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CSSP |
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Date:
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01-01-2007 |
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Description:
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This publication aims to present an overview of the BioVisionAlexandria 2006 conference and gives a brief portrayal of the next BioVisionAlexandria 2008 conference.
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Title :
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Changing Lives
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Author:
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CSSP |
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Date:
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01-01-2007 |
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Description:
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One of the main objectives of BioVisionAlexandria 2006 was to highlight both the challenges and the successes in delivering better healthcare and nutrition to those most in need – aiming at changing their lives.
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Title :
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Science: The Culture of Living Change
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2007 |
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Description:
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Covering many topics related to science, this book is comprised of different lectures given by Dr. Ismail Serageldin in different occasions. The lectures discuss the admirable values of science; such as truth, honor, rationality and openness to the contrarian view, and pinpoint their role in making societies better places to live in. Other subjects concerning forthcoming challenges, capacity building in science and technology, and the issues confronted by women in the practice of science are also addressed.
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Title :
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Freedom of Expression
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2007 |
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Description:
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Prejudice and intolerance always seem to find their fuel in the voices of those who inhabit the dark age of censorship. Faithful to its mission, the BA published four speeches addressed by Dr. Ismail Serageldin on the pivotal subject of freedom, reflecting different moments in the history of the young institution. Written in defense of freedom, the speeches draw a line between freedom of expression and unwanted blasphemy, remembering Gandhi who said “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any”.
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Title :
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Inventing our Future Essays on Freedom, Democracy and Reform in the Arab World
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2007 |
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Description:
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This little but important book contains speeches addressed to different audiences and at various times by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria. Although each document stands alone as an independent entity, together they constitute an all-encompassing exposition of the values of freedom. They advocate the standpoint that home-grown political, institutional, economic and social reform must eventually come to be. The book contains also the Alexandria Declaration which was co-drafted with some 167 distinguished Arabs and presents the aspirations of Arab reformers and intellectuals.
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Title :
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Born Digital: The New Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-10-2006 |
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Description:
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina intends to become an active member among the leading digital institutions in the world. Towards that goal, the BA has embarked on a whole array of ambitious projects, in partnership with world class institutions. These range from hosting a mirror site for a significant part of the Internet Archive, participating in the Million Book Project, organizing the digital archive of the Gamal Abdel Nasser collection, presenting the first ever complete digital version of the Description de l’Egypte, to participating in advanced research such as the Arabic component of the UN-sponsored Universal Digital Language computerized multi-language translation program and offering the most advanced 3D virtual imaging techniques in an virtual immersive environment for Science and Technology (S&T) applications. Thus, despite being barely four years in existence, the BA has already a substantial record of achievements.
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Title :
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Women In Science: Time To Recognize The Obvious
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-10-2006 |
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Description:
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Women in Science: Time to Recognize the Obvious
It is important that scientists everywhere address the issues confronted by women in the practice of science. The book discusses three main themes, namely: the concern about the status of women in the practice of sciences; lessons drawn from the history of women struggle in sciences; what should be done today to remedy the situation.
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Title :
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Our Common Christian-Islamic Heritage
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Author:
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Leila Ibrahim Takla |
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Date:
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01-10-2006 |
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Description:
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The purpose of this booklet is to launch the concept of “The Christian–Islamic Heritage”. The book highlights the fact that respecting the right of freedom to religious belief and respect of all religions, enhances peace and refutes the prevailing misconception that religion is a reason for a clash, especially between Christianity and Islam. It is an invitation to discover the forgotten or ignored Christian–Islamic Heritage.
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Title :
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Time's Mysteries and Miracles: Consonance with Physical and Life Sciences
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Author:
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Ahmed Zewail |
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Date:
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03-04-2006 |
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Description:
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In the booklet, Dr. Ahmed Zewail begins with an overview of physics in the first decades of the 20th century, with particular attention paid to the nature of time. He then discusses the history of photographing moving objects, from the first crude attempts by Eadweard Muybridge through the more refined efforts of Étienne-Jules Marey, and then into the difficulties involved in making images at femtosecond intervals.
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Title :
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From Matter to Life: Chemistry?!
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Author:
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Jean–Marie Lehn |
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Date:
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01-01-2006 |
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Description:
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Chemistry is the science of matter and its transformations. It provides structures endowed with properties and develops processes for the synthesis of structures. It plays a primordial role in our understanding of material phenomena, in our capability to act upon, modify, and to control them and to invent new expressions of them.
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Title :
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Vegetal and Mineral Memory the Future of Books
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Author:
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Umberto Eco |
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Date:
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01-01-2006 |
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Description:
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In the face of growing fear that the world is heading towards a bookless age, when electronic media will wipe out printed books and hypertexts will eliminate authors, Umberto Eco remains optimistic about the future of printed books and libraries. In order to support his optimism with credible evidence, Eco determines that there are two kinds of books: those to be read, and those to be consulted. Scanning an encyclopedia for particular information may be a tedious procedure, with reference books Eco thinks hypertexts will win the day, for it easier to look information on the net than in books. However, the case of “books to be read” is different. These are immortal, Eco believes. Nothing can ever replace the joy of having a printed in one’s hand. Vegetal memory (printed books) will not be replaced by mineral memory (electronic books).
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Title :
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مرصد الإصلاح العربي: الإشكاليات والمؤشرات: دراسة استطلاعية
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Author:
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إعداد وتحرير السيد يسين و محسن يوسف |
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Date:
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01-01-2006 |
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Description:
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تطرح هذه الدراسة التي أعدها فريق بحث مرصد الإصلاح العربي بعنوان "مرصد الإصلاح العربي: الإشكاليات والمؤشرات: دراسة استطلاعية" سؤالاً نظريًّا وهو: هل يمكن صياغة مؤشرات عربية عامة سياسية واقتصادية واجتماعية وثقافية بالرغم من وجود خصوصيات عربية واضحة؟ وكيف يمكن الجمع بين صيغة المؤشرات العربية العامة وهي ضرورية لأغراض المقارنة والمؤشرات العربية الخاصة بكل قطر والتي تقيس التقدم النسبي مع الوضع في الاعتبار تفاوت درجات النضج السياسي والاجتماعي بين مجتمع عربي وآخر؟ تناقش الدراسة هذه التساؤلات من خلال ستة فصول تتناول وظائف المرصد ومؤشرات الإصلاح السياسي والاقتصادي والاجتماعي والثقافي، ومؤشرات تقدم المجتمع المدني في الوطن العربي وكذا نظرة عامة على تجربة المراصد المتنوعة في العالم.
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Title :
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Reflections on our Digital Future
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2006 |
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Description:
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The book contains 6 chapters; The Digital Libraries of Tomorrow, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to peer-reviewed journals. The second chapter is devoted to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA Entitled Born Digital: The Rebirth of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, it was the maiden speech delivered at the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Meeting of October 2005 in Washington, DC. by Ismail Serageldin (Director of the BA). The third chapter is an address entitled From Barrier to Bridge: The Promise of Machine-Based Translation. The fourth chapter is more recent. It is based on the discussions on ICT within the Kyoto Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum Conference in September 2005. The fifth chapter entitled Prometheus and the Internet: A Science Supercourse for the 21st Century, is co-authored with Professor Ron Laporte of Pittsburgh University, The sixth and final chapter, entitled from Knowledge to Wisdom.
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Title :
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Inventing our Future: Essays on Freedom, Governance and Reform in the Arab World
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2005 |
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Description:
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The writer has chosen to include the following four documents: \r\nThe Tides of Change: Reflections on reform in the Arab and Muslim Worlds (March 2005). The First Freedom: (September2004) Governance, Competitiveness and the Arab Future (January 2005). The Alexandria Declaration (March2004). Each of these is a very different type of document, and was written for a very different audience. Each is a stand-alone document that can be read on its own.
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Title :
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Science, The Culture of Living Change
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin |
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Date:
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01-01-2005 |
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Description:
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The material in this book is part of the writers ongoing quest for the improvement of science and education in the Muslim and Arab worlds generally and in Egypt particularly. In the face of mounting currents of obscurantism, fanaticism and irrationality, it is essential that rationality, skepticism and the joy of learning are promoted. Advancing the values of science is critical if science itself is to flourish.
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Title :
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Annual Report 2004-2005
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Author:
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Date:
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01-01-2005 |
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Description:
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The Annual Report covers all the events, activities, financial statements, and organizational structure of the BA during the reported period.
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Title :
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التقرير السنوي 2004-2005
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Author:
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مكتبة الإسكندرية |
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Date:
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01-01-2005 |
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Description:
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يغطي التقرير السنوي كافة أنشطة المكتبة وفعالياتها وتقاريرها المالية وهيكلها التنظيمي خلال الفترة المذكورة.
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Title :
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Colors of BioVision 2004
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Author:
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Mohamed El-Faham |
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Date:
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01-01-2005 |
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Description:
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An overview of the first BioVisionAlexandria that took place in 2004 that contains a short description of BioVisionAlexandria2006 conference’s main topics.
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Title :
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Discovery to Delivery
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Author:
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Ismail Serageldin / Gabrielle J. Persley |
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Date:
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01-01-2005 |
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Description:
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The overall theme of this publication reflects the exciting new discoveries in genomics and other aspects of gene technology that are finding applications in human health care, food and agriculture, and conserving biodiversity and the environment.
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Title :
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إصلاح التعليم في مصر
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Author:
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إعداد وتحرير حامد عمار و محسن يوسف |
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Date:
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30-08-2004 |
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Description:
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ينقسم هذا الكتاب إلى عدة فصول تناقش إصلاح التعليم على حسب النمط الزمني لمنظومة التعليم، حيث يتناول مرحلة التعليم ما قبل المدرسي ثم التعليم قبل الجامعي، ثم التعليم الجامعي، وقضايا البحث العلمي التي تعكس المراحل الزمنية المختلفة لمراحل التعليم، ومن خلال ذلك برز الواقع الموجود في نظام التعليم المصري الذي لا يمكن التعرض لإصلاح التعليم دون تحليله وتشخيصه واقتراح الحلول له. ويتعرض هذا الواقع لبرامج التدريب والتأهيل المهني والتعليم المستمر وتعليم الكبار ومحو الأمية، وأخيراً هوية التعليم في مصر ومدى استجابته لمقومات الشخصية المصرية.
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Title :
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The World’s Libraries at Our Fingertips Through the Net
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Author:
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Vinton G. Cerf |
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Date:
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30-05-2004 |
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Description:
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In the last decade, the internet has profoundly transformed the world. At times humorous, at times visionary, but always profound, Vinton Cerf in this lecture imagines the ways our lives may continue to be affected by the Internet, and hints at the role the Bibliotheca Alexandrina might play in this ongoing adventure.
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Title :
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Annual Report 2002-2003
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Author:
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Date:
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01-01-2004 |
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Description:
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The Annual Report covers all the events, activities, financial statements, and organizational structure of the BA during the reported period.
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