[Peace-discuss] Friday, 10am panel: "Libraries Under Siege: Censorship, Access, and Endurance in the Middle East"

[Stuart Levy]

Could be interesting.   The panel below will be in the UIUC GSLIS 
(library school) building, on 5th and Daniel.    Room 126 is on the east 
side, just up the stairs from the parking lot.


    Libraries Under Siege: Censorship, Access, and Endurance in the
    Middle East

Date *Feb 7, 2014*
Time *10:00 am* - 11:30 am
Location GSLIS 126
Sponsor Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences ALA Student 
Chapter
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Originating Calendar International Programs and Studies Events 
<http://illinois.edu/calendar/list/2885>
Panel discussion focused on the role of Middle Eastern libraries in 
environments fraught with civil unrest and military conflict. The 
participants will discuss censorship, access, power and politics in 
Syrian, Lebanese, and Egyptian institutions. Panelists include Syrian 
librarian and Professor Inaam Charaf, Lebanese librarian and president 
of the Lebanese Library Association Randa Chidiac, and UIUC GSLIS 
librarian and professor Laila Hussein Moustafa. The panel will be a 
joint virtual/physical event moderated by GSLIS professor Kathryn La 
Barre. Refreshments will be provided.
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