DLF Forum 2019

Presentations
Session Chair: Shannon Willis (University of North Texas)
Session Chair: Sheila Rabun (LYRASIS)

An Introduction to the African Ajami Library
Fallou Ngom, Eleni Castro
Boston University, United States of America
 
This talk will provide an overview of the African Ajami Library, a digital repository of materials written in Ajami from all over Islamized Africa, which is hosted at Boston University. Technical workflows, future collaborations and opportunities for international scholars to engage more deeply with these manuscripts will also be discussed.
 
 
Japanese Diaspora Initiative
Frederick Zarndt(1), Kaoru Ueda(2), Robert Lee(3)
1: Digital Divide Data, United States of America; 2: Stanford University; 3: East View Information Services
 
The Japanese Diaspora Initiative aims to make the Hoover Institution Library & Archives a leading center for archive-based research and analysis of historical issues in areas of interest to the Institution. Free access will be given to more than half a million pages of Japanese newspapers (Hoji Shinbun).


WITHDRAWN
Arab World Online Archive
Peter Soccar, Ahmed Samir, Basma Ossama
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
“Arab World Online Archive” documents and avails the heritage of 22 Arab countries to the World, in an expansive, multidimensional online archive. The archive comprises numerous diverse digitized collections, providing a comprehensive look at the civilizations and history of the Arab world, presented in different viewers appropriate to each type.