Manuscripts pictured in the Central Library / University of Baghdad

R. AL-najar, Hasan

	Manuscripts pictured in the Central Library / University of Baghdad
iraqi journal for information
Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-58
Author
Hasan R. AL-najar
Abstract
Paper aims to introduce the themes of manuscripts Iraqi precious in public libraries, personal, and that has been converted to the form of microforms the initiative of the Library of the Iraq Museum and the assistance of UNISCO at the end of the sixth decade of the last century has consisted of a committee of senior Iraqi scientists for the selection of manuscripts that have been converted to Microforms measure 35 mm, has taken Unit Imaging in the library of the museum has undertaken this task in four sites containing the most important manuscripts of Arab and Islamic They: Baghdad, Najaf, Mosul and Basra, mainly, and the justification for this project is to preserve these treasures from damage and loss as well as to facilitate the parking researchers and investigators through the use of these films in the absence of copies of the original manuscripts and the last justification for this project is to protect the manuscripts from their use, both directly and replaced by the use forms. The number of manuscripts 973 included 103 subjects dealt with the subject prevailing in the centuries who wrote it, was subject of literature and the first by% 12.2 of the topics addressed by these manuscripts and then followed by the subject of poetry by 11.8% The rest of the rates of topics can be found in The paper later. In order to benefit from these manuscripts pictured Committee recommended that the project supervisor of the Central Library of the University of Baghdad, indexing and classification of images of these manuscripts according to cataloging rules (AACR2) and actually has a dedicated staff in this library to index a large part of which has offered indexes are index cards were made with index cards-General of the library with the addition of character( M) on the basis that the topic in a microforms manuscript was a researcher for many years responsible for the unit of microforms unite in Central Library at the University of Baghdad, where the reproduction of many of these manuscripts
Keywords
Manuscripts Pictured; Baghdad University; Central Library

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