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

[Karen Medina]

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 / 501 E. Daniel St. Champaign, IL
Sponsor: Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences ALA Student Chapter

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.