EMEA Regional CouncilExecutive Committee/Delegates Meeting

Sept. 28-29, 2011Leiden, The Netherlands

OCLC Workshops in the Middle EastProposal/Considerations

by Cendrella Habre, Director

Riyad Nassar Library

Lebanese American University

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• Not-for-profit private institution of higher education in Lebanon• Founded as a women’s college in 1924• Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in

1955• ONE university TWO campuses: Historic home in Beirut and a new campus in

Byblos, overlooking the historic city of Byblos• Seven schools: Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering,

Pharmacy, Medicine, and Nursing • Newly acquired University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital (UMC–RH) • Accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New

England Association of Schools and Colleges (CIHE-NEASC) in November 2009.• Full-time faculty for fall 2010 totaled 302• With 7,183 undergraduates, 803 graduates and 81 students in professional degree

programs, enrollments in fall 2010 totaled 8,067

Lebanese American Universitywww.lau.edu.lb

LAU_Beirut Campus LAU_Byblos Campus

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Sub-Regional Meetings Planning• Where?

Beirut: Lebanese American University

UAE: Zayed Unversity (Dubai) or American University in Sharjah or United Arab Emirates University (Al Ein) or Abu Dhabi National Library

• When?Beirut: May 8, 2012

UAE: To be assigned right after the Beirut meeting

• Who?Beirut: 30 participants

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Why Lebanon? Why UAE?

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PRODUCT MIX

Connexion, FirstSearch, Illiad, Link Manager, CAMIO, OLIB, Collection Analysis, Dewey, EZProxy, Techpro partners, Vendor Partners for Arabic & Persian record contribution

5 libraries are contributing records in IRAQ

OCLC in the Region: 94 Participating Members in 14 Countries

44 11

22

6655

33

11

66

1414

22

1313 1919

99

Lebanon

Invite customers & non-customers from:•Lebanon•Iraq•Jordan•Egypt – Cairo / Alexandria•Morocco

UAE

Invite customers & non-customers from:•UAE•Saudi Arabia•Qatar•Bahrain•Kuwait•Oman

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Things to Think About• There is no “OCLC Membership Culture” in the Middle East.

How to sell this concept during the meetings?• Should NON-Members attend as well as Members?• The meetings must carry obvious VALUE for the attendees.• Should there be an OCLC product update? • A survey could help out in identifying the meetings content. • Meetings to be held in Arabic language (preferable).• Should local agents such AAS and Logos attend? Who else

from OCLC should attend?• Responsibilities: Host institution? OCLC?• Costs: Travel – Hotel – Logistics, etc.

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Q&A

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Q&A

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