1. EMEA Regional Council
Executive Committee/Delegates Meeting
Sept. 28-29, 2011
Leiden, The Netherlands
OCLC Workshops in the Middle East
Proposal/Considerations
by
Cendrella Habre, Director
Riyad Nassar Library
2. Lebanese American University
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Not-for-profit private institution of higher education in Lebanon
Founded as a women’s college in 1924
Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in
1955
ONE university TWO campuses: Historic home in Beirut and a new campus in
Byblos, overlooking the historic city of Byblos
Seven schools: Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering,
Pharmacy, Medicine, and Nursing
Newly acquired University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital (UMC–RH)
Accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New
England Association of Schools and Colleges (CIHE-NEASC) in November 2009.
Full-time faculty for fall 2010 totaled 302
With 7,183 undergraduates, 803 graduates and 81 students in professional degree
programs, enrollments in fall 2010 totaled 8,067
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4. Sub-Regional Meetings Planning
• Where?
Beirut: Lebanese American University
UAE: Zayed Unversity (Dubai) or American University in
Sharjah or United Arab Emirates University (Al Ein)
or Abu Dhabi National Library
• When?
Beirut: May 8, 2012
UAE: To be assigned right after the Beirut meeting
• Who?
Beirut: 30 participants
UAE: 50 participants
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6. OCLC in the Region: 94 Participating Members in 14 Countries
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66
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55
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PRODUCT MIX
Connexion, FirstSearch, Illiad, Link Manager,
CAMIO, OLIB, Collection Analysis, Dewey,
EZProxy, Techpro partners, Vendor Partners
for Arabic & Persian record contribution
5 libraries are contributing records in
IRAQ
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8. Things to Think About
• There is no “OCLC Membership Culture” in the Middle East.
How to sell this concept during the meetings?
• Should NON-Members attend as well as Members?
• The meetings must carry obvious VALUE for the attendees.
• Should there be an OCLC product update?
• A survey could help out in identifying the meetings content.
• Meetings to be held in Arabic language (preferable).
• Should local agents such AAS and Logos attend? Who else
from OCLC should attend?
• Responsibilities: Host institution? OCLC?
• Costs: Travel – Hotel – Logistics, etc.
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There is not the "community culture" among these countries. These are national governments, not "states". There is also no long OCLC culture. Imagine the "delivery" problem here. The expectation of actual delivery drives a lot of the "discovery" motivation. It does little good to discover an item at a WC library if they can't get their hands on it.
Also, BRANDSCAPE (Lorcan) is very important. If they can "do it" without being "helped" by the USA, they will choose a local solution. This is much different than China for example.
