Slides from the Session on Middle Eastern Collection Development by David Hirsh who is the Librarian for Middle Eastern Studiesat the Charles E. Young Research Library-UCLA. The session was part of the ADIBF Academy Expert Librarian 2015 - certificate.

1. Middle Eastern Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges
‫اوسطية‬ ‫الشرق‬ ‫المجموعات‬ ‫تنمية‬:‫وتحديات‬ ‫فرص‬
David Hirsch – Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies
Charles E. Young Research Library-UCLA
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
May 7, 2015

2. The Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA

3. Middle Eastern Literature Periodicals

4. Middle Eastern Women’s publications

5. Emirati serials at the UCLA Library

6. English language serials from the
Gulf

7. English language periodicals from the Arab World

8. Desert Fish “There are no fish in the desert”
(Published in Dubai)

9. Khaleejesque (Published in Kuwait)

10. Recent Kuwaiti Periodicals

11. Bound Periodicals

12. UCLA Research Library Open Stacks
(Islamic Studies)

14. Works on Quranic Commentary in the UCLA Library Stacks

15. Recent gifts from an individual publisher

16. Gulf History Section

17. Graphic Novels

18. Graphic Novel Journals

19. My assistant

20. Receipt receipts from Tunisia and Egypt in our Acquisitions Section

21. Arabic Language Cataloging

22. Persian and Armenian Cataloging

23. Our serials catalogers.. They catalog in all languages

24. Ottoman Salname for Aleppo, Syria

25. Ottoman Salname for the Hejaz

26. Hijaz Newspaper in Ottoman Turkish

27. Women’s magazine from Pre-
Revolutionary Iran

28. Recent issues from the same magazine…

30. Arabic literature

31. Short stories by a UAE author

32. And complete works of a well known Egyptian author

33. http://minasian.library.ucla.edu/

39. Collection of
Persian
Calligraphic
Samples, ca. 1100-
1899
Collection number:
1123

40. MS 170/46 : Arabian Nights. Sinbad
the Sailor.
‫البري‬ ‫والهندباد‬ ‫البحري‬ ‫السندباد‬ ‫قصة‬
circa 1700

41. Maghribi Manuscript from
Maghribi Manuscript from Collection 1668
UCLA Library Special Collections

42. Colophon of same manuscript

46. Qajar Lacquer Bindings
From the Exhibit collection of
Near Eastern manuscripts, 1492-
1848
Collection 1656

50. http://mearo.org/

51. Arab-American Press Project

52. Periodicals of Middle Eastern Émigré
Groups in Australia

53. Publications of Middle Eastern Émigré
Groups in Western Europe

54. One of the UCLA Library’s Digital Ephemera Projects

55. Capturing websites
• Gezi
• Syria

58. Unique Opportunities and Challenge
 Opportunities:
 - To collect difficult-to-find materials
 - Old, rare, unique materials
 - Develop relationships with scholars
and booksellers – different in the
Middle East
 - Provides access to tips on materials
that others might overlook
 - Make the university library a
repository for ephemera (bulletins,
posters, calendars, material on local
initiatives) which is critical to scholars
 Challenges:
 - Determining what is available
 - Few websites and searchable catalogs
 - Various, inconsistent levels of physical
processing, descriptive cataloging or full
MARC records
 - Postage and freight charges can be
prohibitive
 - Online capabilities dependent upon the
region
 - Payment options : wire transfers. EFT
 - Print based, Ebooks not yet major factor
 - Language expertise – selector and
processing staff
 - Cooperative technical processing to
handle language deficiencies, particularly
related to cataloging. If we’re going to
select something how are we going to
process?

59. UCLA Library
International
Acquisitions Scope
-An International Team will provide shared
expertise for monographs and serials for
non-mainstream materials received from
Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East,
Eastern Europe, Slavic countries, and Latin
America.-
-Typically these materials are in Arabic,
Persian, Hebrew, Thai, Amharic, Russian,
Ukranian, Spanish, Armenian, Portuguese,
Hungarian, and English
-Team provides shared expertise among
selectors, acquisitions, cataloging, and
vendors
-Develops processes for improvement of
workflows for non-mainstream acquisitions
to achieve maximum productivity and
efficiency in operations to encourage
ongoing process improvement and user
satisfaction

60. Vendors for Middle Eastern materials used by UCLA
• Egypt-Leila Books
• Syria-Palmyra Books in Lattakia
• Lebanon-Sulaiman’s Bookshop
• Tunisia-Espace Carthage
• Morocco-Center for Cross-Cultural Learning
• Saudi Arabia-Ali al-Ghadban
• Iran-Vardeh Books and others
• Turkey-Libra Books and others
• Sweden-Ferdosi
• West Bank/Palestine
• Jordan Leila Books
• USA-Buraimi Books
• Library of Congress field offices in Cairo, Islamabad and New Delhi

61. Gift and Exchange Partners
• TCA Abu Dhabi
• Sharjah Dept of Information and Culture
• Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
• Al-Misbar
• Turk Tarih Kurumu among others!
• Istanbul Sehir Universitesi
• Many others!

62. Workflows

63. Once Selections have been made …
• Selectors may need to review
materials
• Location decisions
• Subscription decisions –
samples!
• What language is it?
• Who bought it?
• Where does it go now?
• Will cataloging expertise be
adequate or is selector language
expertise needed
• May or may not have an invoice
• Shipment may not be complete
• Shipment may be “stuck” in
customs!

64. And we now need to pay for it …
1001 Tunis Account#: UCLA #LA 88
TUNISIE Date: 05-10-2012
Shipto: Pay to:
UCLA University Research Library Espace Carthage
Acquisitions Dept. 24, Rue SaïdAbou Baker, Appt. B-5
BOX 951575 1001 Tunis TUNISIA
Los Angeles, CA 90095 – 1575 Tel. & Fax : 00216 71 333740
USA
Unit
C O S T
1
Au nom du temps,Je vous arrête Slaheddine Haddad
42.00 42.00 C1
1
Dernier voyage à Kyrannis AhmedMahfoudh
18.00 18.00 C1
1
Ecrits de femmes collectif
18.00 18.00 C1
1
Espace et Enonciation collectif
18.00 18.00 C1
1
La Deuxième Fatiha Yadh Bn Achour
22.50 22.50 C1
1
La femme chez Voltaire Halima Ouanada
30.00 30.00 C1
1
La Valse des Beignets Yesmine Karray
15.00 15.00 C1
1
La vie de Muhammad Hichem Djait
25.50 25.50 C1
1
Le mur des souvenirs OuledKesmi
12.00 12.00 C1
1
Orphelins de Bourguiba et héritiers du Prophète Samy Ghorbal
21.00 21.00 C1
1
‫ة‬ّ‫العربي‬ ‫اللغة‬ ‫في‬ ‫واإلسماء‬ ‫ة‬ّ‫واالسمي‬ ‫االسم‬ ‫قريرة‬ ‫توفيق‬
22.50 22.50 C1
1
‫الفوضى‬ ‫و‬ ‫النظام‬ ‫الجديد‬ ‫اإلعالم‬ ‫الحيدري‬ ‫الزين‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫عبد‬
14.70 14.70 C1
1
‫اإلسالمية‬ ‫العربية‬ ‫الثقافة‬ ‫في‬ ‫المكان‬ ‫و‬ ‫اإلنسان‬ ‫دبيش‬ ‫لطفي‬
34.50 34.50 C1
1 ‫التونسي‬ ‫الساحل‬ ‫ّارة‬‫ح‬‫ب‬
‫بالكحلة‬ ‫عادل‬
21.00 21.00 C1
1
‫الفقيه‬ ‫و‬ ‫السائل‬ ‫بين‬ ‫باألعضاء‬ ‫التبرع‬ ‫الشايبي‬ ‫إبراهيم‬
18.00 18.00 C1
1
‫عهد‬ ‫في‬ ‫األوقاف‬ ‫وثائق‬ ‫عشر‬ ‫السابع‬ ‫القرن‬ ‫في‬ ‫تونس‬
‫المراديين‬ ‫البايات‬ ‫و‬ ‫الدايات‬
‫السعداوي‬ ‫أحمد‬
22.50 22.50 C1
1
‫الثقافات‬ ‫و‬ ‫الجسد‬ ‫أحمد‬ / ‫الشابي‬ ‫الدين‬ ‫نور‬
‫المرواني‬ 18.00 18.00 C1
1
)‫(الوسيطي‬ ‫هابرماس‬ ‫فكر‬ ‫في‬ ‫واانقد‬ ‫الجمالية‬ ‫حشانة‬ ‫مصطفى‬ ‫بن‬ ‫منيرة‬
10.50 10.50 C1
1
‫اإلسالمي‬ ‫العربي‬ ‫العالم‬ ‫في‬ ‫اإلجتماعية‬ ‫الحركات‬
)9avril(
‫جماعي‬ ‫عمل‬
27.00 27.00 C1
1
‫الوقائع‬ : ‫الفلسطينية‬ ‫الرواية‬ ‫في‬ ‫الشخصية‬ ‫خصائص‬
‫إلميل‬ ‫المتشائل‬ ‫النحس‬ ‫أبي‬ ‫سعيد‬ ‫اختفاء‬ ‫في‬ ‫الغريبة‬
‫نموذجا‬ ‫حبيبي‬
‫سعيد‬ ‫بن‬ ‫رضا‬
12.00 12.00 C1
1
‫الكبرى‬ ‫الخطيئة‬ ‫الزريبي‬ ‫سالم‬
22.50 22.50 C1
1
‫التونسيون‬ ‫الشعراء‬ ‫قاله‬ ‫مما‬ ‫مختارات‬ : ‫الثورة‬ ‫ديوان‬
‫والكرامة‬ ‫الحرية‬ ‫ثورة‬ ‫في‬
‫التونسيين‬ ‫الكتاب‬ ‫اتحاد‬
12.00 12.00 C1
1
‫ة‬ّ‫العربي‬ ‫اللغة‬ ‫في‬ ‫اللغوي‬ ‫اإلنحاء‬ ‫ظاهرة‬ ‫عامر‬ ‫السكري‬ ‫ثريا‬
12.00 12.00 C1
1 ‫الشاهد‬ ‫و‬ ‫الفاعل‬ ‫المولدي‬ / ‫الصياح‬ ‫محمد‬
‫األحمر‬ 22.50 22.50 C1
1
‫الوسطي‬ ‫العصر‬ ‫في‬ ‫التاريخية‬ ‫الكتابة‬ ‫ملتقى‬ ‫أشغال‬
27.00 27.00 C1
1
...‫ة‬ّ‫بقي‬ ‫للحياة‬ ‫و‬ ...‫معنى‬ ‫للصمت‬ ‫صالح‬ ‫بن‬ ‫الهادي‬ ‫محمد‬
16.50 16.50 C1
1
‫الحديث‬ ‫العربي‬ ‫الشعر‬ ‫في‬ ‫المطولة‬ ‫الجوة‬ ‫أحمد‬
22.50 22.50 C1
1
‫مجاهد‬ ‫ذاكرة‬ ‫من‬ ‫العكرمي‬ ‫العربي‬
18.00 18.00 C1
1
‫الجليل‬ ‫الفجر‬ ‫مع‬ ‫موعد‬ ‫العباسي‬ ‫البشير‬
15.00 15.00 C1
1
‫المجيد‬ ‫العلمي‬ ‫تراثنا‬ ‫من‬ ‫نفخات‬ ‫خالد‬ ‫بكر‬ ‫د.أبو‬
15.00 15.00 C1
BoxT I T L ES A UT H O RS Total CostQTY
This is an Invoice

65. Whether mainstream or not, we still strive to following these
guiding principles
• Respond to the needs of various stakeholders (selectors, cataloging, vendors, users, public services, business services, IT)
• Define formal and informal lines of communication
• Commit necessary resources to end workarounds
• Take advantage of existing strengths
• Bring everyone up to the same level of understanding of processes (e.g. technology, new developments in publishing, distribution,
local procedures, etc.)
• Bring old procedures up to date vis-à-vis current technology
• Adequate time and staffing dedicated to problem solving
• Eliminate unnecessary steps & handoffs in workflows
• Define goals for optimal throughput times for process
• Promote better communication with relevant selectors and curators to increase awareness of cataloging and acquisitions options for
these collections in order to work together to expedite faculty, student and researcher discovery, access and use of these resources
• Develop processes for improvement of workflows for non-mainstream international acquisitions and adjust in response to changing
requirements to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency
• Provide a service point for selectors, curators, staff, and faculty in the library and on the campus for issues directly related to foreign
and non-Latin materials
• Provide consultation services related to acquisitions, discovery, description and delivery of non-mainstream international resources,
material and collections including published materials as well as manuscript, special collections and ephemera
• International Team to serve as the UCLA Library’s expert team related to non-mainstream international collections.

66. Selector contacts in region are extremely important
• These contacts can prove invaluable to
selectors when responding to research needs of
the faculty, graduate students and researchers

67. Methods of acquiring
materials
• Gift
• Purchase
• Exchange
• LC Cooperative Acquisitions Program
• Selector buying trip

68. Statistics
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012
Arabic books - purchased:
2614 approval –$45,233
376 firm order - $16,941
Arabic serials:
559 paid subscriptions -
$99,288
Arabic books – Gifts:
532

69. Examples of unique materials from
the UCLA Collections

72. Why Cookbooks …

73. International Acquisitions yield unique and valuable collections. The process can
be as routine as having choices of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry ice cream. But
from the Middle East it is more like rocky road!

74. ‫النهاية‬
‫استماعكم‬ ‫حسن‬ ‫على‬ ‫وشكرا‬!
The End

75. Questions?
David Hirsch
Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies
dhirsch@library.ucla.edu