The UCLA Library has just received a massive grant and they intend on digitizing 1,100 rare and unique Syriac and Arabic manuscripts dating from the fourth to the 17th centuries. The three-year project is being initiated by the fathers of St. Catherine’s Monastery. St. Catherine’s Monastery is located on Mount Sinai in Egypt and it currently houses the oldest continually … [Read more...] about UCLA is Digitizing Ancient Manuscripts from St. Catherine’s Monastery
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Tablet PC Outsell PCs in Middle East And Africa
Tablet sales have long been predicted to overtake that of PCs, and the same is already proving to be true in the Middle East and African regions. According to figures with IDC, the tablet segment in those aforementioned regions grew by an astounding 208 percent, which translates to 2.79 million tablet devices being shipped in the second quarter of 2013. An interesting aspect … [Read more...] about Tablet PC Outsell PCs in Middle East And Africa
British Library Partners With Qatar Foundation For Digitization of Middle Eastern Historical Records
The British Library has entered into a decade-long partnership with the Qatar Foundation aimed at digitizing archival and manuscript material that numbers more than half a million titles. Such an effort, when completed, will yield a rich source of information of the history and culture of the regions that date back centuries. Once completed, the digitized material can be … [Read more...] about British Library Partners With Qatar Foundation For Digitization of Middle Eastern Historical Records