The Society for Libyan Studies archive: history, organisation, recent and future developments

This paper presents an update on the development of the Society for Libyan Studies archive. We begin with a brief reminder about the history of the archive and its current location, moving on to explain the challenging cataloguing process and future plans for digitisation, of both the catalogue and...

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Main Authors: Leitch, V, Mattingly, DJ, Mugnai, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Summary:This paper presents an update on the development of the Society for Libyan Studies archive. We begin with a brief reminder about the history of the archive and its current location, moving on to explain the challenging cataloguing process and future plans for digitisation, of both the catalogue and the physical contents of the archive. We also look at the potential of the archive for researchers and outline a few projects that recently benefited from its reorganisation.