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Basic Information on Collecting Persian Materials for the Development of Iranian and Islamic Studies1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Iraj Afshar
Iraj Afshar*
Affiliation:
Central Library and Documentation Center University of Tehran
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Extract

This paper contains information and observations on the problems and difficulties which university libraries and research centers encounter in trying to collect Persian materials. Hopefully, it can provide necessary information, description of basic tools useful to collections outside Iran, and also precise techniques to follow to build a decent and useful Iranian studies collection.

Type
Research Facilities in Iran--Addendum
Information
Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , 01 February 1976 , pp. 11 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 1976

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1 This paper was presented at the Middle East Librarians’ Association Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27–31 May 1975.

Comments and observations contained in this paper are based on the following personal experience: World travel to Iranology centers of Japan, Germany, France, England, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Indian, and the Scandinavian countries; six months work at the Weidner Library of Harvard University where I was active in selecting and cataloging Persian publications for the collections; ten years of cooperation in selecting Persian publications for the University of California at Los Angeles; Director of the Central Library and Documentation Center; Managing Director of the Tehran University Department of Publications; Editor of MAJEHLEHE RAHNEMAY-E KETAB. During the course of this experience, I have had close personal contact with librarians, booksellers, and Iranologists who collectively form a strong interest group in the subject of this paper.