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The Society for Libyan Studies archive: history, organisation, recent and future developments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2019

Victoria Leitch
Affiliation:
Society for Libyan Studies, Publications Manager.
David J. Mattingly
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester.
Niccolò Mugnai
Affiliation:
British School at Rome.

Abstract

This paper presents an update on the development of the Society for Libyan Studies archive. We begin with a brief reminder about the history of the archive and its current location, moving on to explain the challenging cataloguing process and future plans for digitisation, of both the catalogue and the physical contents of the archive. We also look at the potential of the archive for researchers and outline a few projects that recently benefited from its reorganisation.

تقدم هذه الورقة معلومات محدثة عن تطور أرشيف جمعية الدراسات الليبية. حيث نبدأ بتذكير موجز حول تاريخ الأرشيف وموقعه الحالي، ثم ننتقل لشرح عملية الفهرسة الصعبة والخطط المستقبلية للرقمنة، لكل من الفهرس و المحتويات المادية للأرشيف . وننظر أيضاً في الإمكانيات التي قد يوفرها الأرشيف للباحثين ونوجز بعض المشاريع التي استفادت مؤخراً من إعادة تنظيمه .

Type
Part 1: 50th Anniversary Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Libyan Studies 2019 

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