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Engaging Partners: Arab Peninsula Regional Group
WDL 2012 Partners MeetingWorld Digital Library
Washington, D.C.Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Mark Paul,Head, Partnerships Qatar National Library Qatar Foundation Doha, Qatar
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• Supporting Qatar: from a carbon economy to a knowledge
economy
a cradle of innovation, based in the Middle East, but global in scope and impact
a creator of knowledge
• Qatar National Vision 2030 (July 2008): use resources to create knowledge
economy
development of human capitol as priority for next 20 years
gave Qatar Foundation exciting mandate to be the ‘engine’ driving the development of human capital
Qatar Foundation• Unlocking Human Potential
through: Education
Science & Research
Community Development
• Benefitting: Qatar
Region
Partners
World
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• Supporting Qatar: from a carbon economy to a knowledge
economy
a cradle of innovation, based in the Middle East, but global in scope and impact
a creator of knowledge
• Qatar National Vision 2030 (July 2008): use resources to create knowledge
economy
development of human capitol as priority for next 20 years
gave Qatar Foundation exciting mandate to be the ‘engine’ driving the development of human capital
Qatar Foundation• Unlocking Human Potential
through: Education
Science & Research
Community Development
• Benefitting: Qatar
Region
Partners
World
http://www.qf.org.qa
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• Official Announcement of the new Qatar National Library, November 19th, 2012
• Supports Qatar Foundation’s Goals through: Research Education/Instruction Community Activities
• Serving as: National Library Public Library Academic Library
Qatar National Library
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• Official Announcement of the new Qatar National Library, November 19th, 2012
• Supports Qatar Foundation’s Goals through: Research Education/Instruction Community Activities
• Serving as: National Library Public Library Academic Library
Qatar National Library
http://www.qnl.qa
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• First meeting held December 2010 in Doha at QF Born from idea of Carolyn Young, the Head of the WDL Office in
the QF Central Library A meeting was convened of WDL members from Arab countries in
Washington at the WDL Charter meeting in June 2010 Idea to foster cooperation on WDL among Arab country members Primarily directors and other administrators attended from WDL
members and prospective members WDL staff present to deliver key information and training One important focus was on opportunities for capacity building in
digital conversion and technical assistance Three new Arab countries joined WDL as a result
Arab Peninsula Regional Group
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Arab Peninsula Regional Group• First meeting held December 2010 in Doha at QF
Born from idea of Carolyn Young, the Head of the WDL Office in the QF Central Library
A meeting was convened of WDL members from Arab countries in Washington at the WDL Charter meeting in June 2010
Idea to foster cooperation on WDL among Arab country members Primarily directors and other administrators attended from WDL
members and prospective members WDL staff present to deliver key information and training One important focus was on opportunities for capacity building in
digital conversion and technical assistance Three new Arab countries joined WDL as a result
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• Second meeting held February 2012 in Doha at QF Dissemination of information and training More technicians attended by means of nominations WDL staff present to provide training 20 participants representing 10 institutions
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• Third meeting planned for April 2013 in Doha Entire meeting will be a hands-on training workshop Participants will be encouraged to bring an item(s) to work on
during the workshop Those unable to bring items will be provided items for use in the
workshop Participants will be divided into groups with sessions repeating at
cross-posted times so all participants can attend all sessions
Arab Peninsula Regional Group
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• Second meeting held February 2012 in Doha at QF Dissemination of information and training More technicians attended by means of nominations WDL staff present to provide training 20 participants representing 10 institutions
kk
• Third meeting planned for April 2013 in Doha Entire meeting will be a hands-on training workshop Participants will be encouraged to bring an item(s) to work on
during the workshop. Those unable to bring items will be provided items for use in the
workshop Participants will be divided into groups with sessions repeating at
cross-posted times so all participants can attend all sessions.
Arab Peninsula Regional Group
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• Members: There are no fees to be a member Participation is voluntary Currently there are 10 institutions represented One institution is in the process of joining WDL and have
requested support from the QNL All are welcome, though focus is on the Gulf region for now
Group Members
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• Efforts to increase capacity within Arab countries
Identify location with both high level content and high level need for a digital conversion center
Working with the WDL the goal will be to fund one new digital conversion center in the region
Continue workshops for Arab Peninsula Regional Group
Investigate individualized training needs of regional members
Support one personalized on-site WDL training for regional member
Increase documentation, training materials, etc., in Arabic
Capacity Building
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• Arabic Content: 2012 to-date saw WDL content in Arabic increase by 175 items 2012 to-date saw WDL content on Arab or Islamic Science increase
by 79 items (59 of which were in Arabic)
• User Engagement: Publicity/PR/Sharing Value added materials (students, teachers) Content, content, content
Content and User Engagement
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• Arabic ranks third on the WDL site for items cataloged by language (behind Spanish and English)
• Use of Arabic interface doubled for 2012 to-date over 2011 with a total of 124,293 visits and 643,983 page views
• Saudi Arabia was the higher user of the Arabic interface
• The United States was about in the middle of user counts of the Arabic interface
• Of the 79 items added in 2012 to-date on Arab or Islamic Science 16 were in Latin, 2 in Persian, and 2 in Ottoman Turkish and the remainder in Arabic
Arabic Statistics
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Top Countries by Visitor:
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Next Steps in the Arab Peninsula
• Encourage regional cultural heritage libraries to join WDL
• Increase Arab sourced content on WDL
• Focus on practical ways to build capacity for digital conversion
in developing countries in our region
• Promote WDL usage to Arab users in libraries, schools,
universities, etc.
• Develop a wider community of WDL members in the region to
support development of Arab content and interfaces.
• Increase use of social media
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Next Steps For You?• How can you increase overall WDL content?
• How can you positively impact capacity building in your state,
county, district, country, region?
Do you work with or liaise with any library, university, cultural
center, museum, etc., that has Arabic content?
Let them know about the WDL.
Let them know about the Arab Peninsula Regional Group.
Let them know about the Qatar National Library and share with them
my contact information
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Thank You!
Mark Paul mapaul@qf.org.qa
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