25 Oct

Announcement: 2nd Community Book Exchange Meet-up

In Events by AUB Libraries / October 25, 2014 / 0 Comments

The University Libraries and the Neighborhood Initiative at AUB are glad to announce the second meet-up for their Community Book Exchange program, which will be held on Wednesday, November 26th at 6:00 pm at the WAAAUB Clubhouse, Mary Dodge Hall, thanks to the courtesy of the WAAAUB, who will be hosting the event this time and offering the refreshments.

Remember that participation is simple: bring a book to take a book!

All are welcome.

For more information, contact AUB Libraries

email: jftref@aub.edu.lb

telephone: 00961-1-350000 ext. 2620

24 Oct

Launching Event: Community Book Exchange

In Events by AUB Libraries / October 24, 2014 / 0 Comments

The University Libraries and the Neighborhood Initiative at AUB launched the Community Book Exchange program on Thursday October 16, 2014 at the Jafet Library Courtyard.  More than 80 people showed up and got introduced to the program, and around 50 of them exchanged books from their personal collections.

The idea of the program is straightforward: “Participation is simple: bring a book to take a book”.

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01 Oct

New LibGuide: Arabic Comic Books

In News and Announcements by AUB Libraries / October 1, 2014 / 2 Comments

In support of the newly launched Mu’taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics Initiative at the American University of Beirut, the University Libraries are pleased to announce the publication of their new guide “Arabic Comic Books“. The guide includes a panoply of key reference and library items, as well as select online resources related to comic books as well as to graphic novels in the Arab world. It also features, among other resources, a timetable highlighting selected Lebanese comic books published between the years 1952 and 2009.

The Guide can be accessed through the following link: http://aub.edu.lb.libguides.com/Arabic-comic-books.

Enjoy the guide and please do not hesitate to email us your feedback and any suggestions for new resources of interest at the following address: ns24@aub.edu.lb.

20 Sep

The AUB Libraries launches its first online exhibit: “Dar al-Fata al-Arabi Publishing House and Mohieddine al-Labbad”

In Events by AUB Libraries / September 20, 2014 / 0 Comments

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The AUB Libraries is delighted to announce the launch on Wednesday September 17th, 2014, of its first online exhibit “Dar al-Fata al-Arabi Publishing House and Mohieddine al-Labbad“, which is accessible through our Library home page, and our Archives and Special Collections page . This is the first in a forthcoming series of exhibits using the web-publishing platform Omeka that allows us to showcase samples and highlights from our collections online. The viewer will get a glimpse onto the rich material held at the AUB Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections, which can be browsed and enjoyed on our premises, at the Jafet Library Archives and Special Collections Department.

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17 Sep

AUB Library Open Day 2014

In Events by AUB Libraries / September 17, 2014 / 0 Comments

More than 400 students joined the University Libraries in celebrating the third AUB Library Open Day last Tuesday on September 16th , 2014 at the Jafet Memorial Library.

The event included more than 10 competitions and games. Students played and learned about the library services and met the library staff, while having fun and competing at the same time.

Many prizes were offered to participating students thanks to the generosity of the event sponsors, including: a PlayStation4, 2 PlayStation4 games, an iPad Mini, a Samsung Tablet, an instant Camera, a Digital camera, 6 Prepaid Cards worth LBP250,000 each, 15 Selfie sticks, along with more than 100 books.

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15 Sep

AUB Libraries Chat Service

In News and Announcements by AUB Libraries / September 15, 2014 / 4 Comments

The AUB University libraries is pleased to announce the launch of its new live Chat service.

As of now, library users can chat with a librarian in real-time and get instant feedback, skipping the long phone queues and the back-and-forth trail of emails.
To use the chat service, simply click on the chat icon on the University Libraries webpage and select, according to your query, one of the following departments: Jafet, Science or Engineering to be directed to the right representative.

The chat service is available during weekdays from 8:00 am till 11:00 pm and Saturdays from 8:00 am till 5:00 pm. For times when chat is offline, users can still use all other channels to send inquiries and communicate with the Libraries.

Looking forward to chatting with you!

For  more information, please contact Jafet Reference Desk via email: jftref@aub.edu.lb or by phone: ext. 2620/2621

01 Aug

New Students’ Library Visit & Ask Me Booth (Aug 26-28)

In Events by AUB Libraries / August 1, 2014 / 0 Comments

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Stop by the University Libraries’ booth during the 3-day New Student Orientation Program at West Hall, Common Room to:

  • Meet library staff and get introduced to library resources and services
  • Participate in the University Libraries and IT Academic Core Processes and Systems (ACPS) competition to win a LeNovo “Ideatab”
  • Visit Jafet Library and take a tour to discover the Libraries’ collections, services and facilities

Date: from Tuesday , August 26 to Thursday, August 28
Place: for Ask Me Booth- West Hall, Common Room, for Tour-Jafet Memorial Library

You can find the schedule for the Library participation during the New Students Orientation here

For more details contact Jafet by email: jftref@aub.edu.lb, or by phone: ext. 2620/1, or visit our Facebook page.

22 Jul

AUB Libraries joins US libraries to create a digital library of over 100,000 Arabic volumes

In News and Announcements,Projects by AUB Libraries / July 22, 2014 / 0 Comments

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The American University of Beirut (AUB) Libraries has joined Arabic Collections Online (ACO), a five-year project funded by New York University Abu Dhabi that aims to digitize and make accessible worldwide over 100,000 volumes of Arabic content.

Along with New York University Libraries and its partners, the AUB libraries will create the Arabic Collections Online (ACO) project, a major digitization project funded by New York University Abu Dhabi, whose aim is to create a digital library of public-domain Arabic language content of over 100,000 volumes. Partners in this substantial digitization of Arabic content already include numerous prominent North American institutions, and the AUB libraries are the first ones outside the United States to join the project. The AUB University Libraries will contribute several thousand titles from their growing rich and historical Arabic collections in a variety of subjects and disciplines.

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29 Jun

Samar Mikati receives President Service Excellence Award for 2014

In Library Staff by AUB Libraries / June 29, 2014 / 1 Comment

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On May 14th, 2014, Archives Librarian, Ms. Samar Mikati, has received the President Service Excellence Award, awarded to AUB staff members who have shown continuous outstanding performance and public service, and have gone beyond the call of duty in helping AUB students, patients, and fellow colleagues and employees.

Ms. Mikati joined Jafet Memorial Library in 2001 as Library Assistant in the Archives Department. In 2004, she was awarded an AUB scholarship to pursue an MLIS degree at Simmons College. Upon her return to AUB in 2005, and until the present, she serves as the Archives Librarian at the Archives and Special Collections Department.

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01 Jun

Celebrate International Archive Days in Lebanon

In Events by AUB Libraries / June 1, 2014 / 0 Comments

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  • Roundtable Friday “Archives and Memory in Lebanon: Prospects and Challenges”
    June 6th 2014, 10 AM – 12 PM, American University of Beirut, West Hall – Bathish Auditorium.
    Panelists: Mr. Talal Makdessi (Tele Liban); Ms. Hala Bizri (National Library of Lebanon); Mr. Lokman Slim (UMAM); Ms. Mona El-Hallak (Beit Beirut); Mr. Kamal Kassar (AMAR- Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research); Moderated by Rima Mokaiesh (Arab Image Foundation).
  • Open Archives Day:
    Institutions open their doors on June 7, 8, 9 2014.
    All over the world, and for the second time in Lebanon, archivists join together on June 7, 8, 9 to allow the general public the chance to discover the unique heritage of these institutions. This year in Lebanon, 17 archival institutions open their doors to help us understand our past and present, offering guided tours and displaying samples from their collections.

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