DOHA: Participants in the World Digital Library (WDL) Arab Peninsula Regional Group Symposium 2015 commended the efforts of Qatar National Library (QNL), a member of Qatar Foundation, to bring regional libraries together to work on heritage preservation and sharing.
The WDL Arab Peninsula Regional Group Symposium 2015 was organised by QNL in collaboration with WDL. The two-day symposium, which built on the success of training workshops in 2013 and 2014, focused on Arab Authority Control — how library catalogue and bibliographic information can be organised in Arabic. The symposium took place at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Centre within Qatar Foundation’s Education City, and attracted more than 40 attendees.
By sharing valuable information and cultivating creativity within the regional community at the symposium, QNL continues to support Qatar Foundation in its mission to foster a progressive society, while preserving and protecting the nation’s heritage for future generations.
Delegates included senior representatives, professors and librarians from a number of libraries, heritage centres and universities in Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Bahrain, Yemen and the US.
The symposium provided the participants with information, tools and resources that can be used for cataloguing in their respective libraries, as well as to develop a common understanding of the concepts and tools among the contributors to the WDL so that the records they contribute are better and useful for all.
Speaking about the symposium, Eng. Saadi Al Said, QNL’s Associate Director for Administration and Planning, said, “QNL is proud to once again collaborate with the WDL to organise a highly informative symposium on the preservation of our heritage. Such symposiums and meetings provide the opportunity for sharing the best practices in the area of heritage preservation and sharing, and will benefit not just QNL but other libraries and information centres throughout the region.”
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