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Waqf Fund to boost resources at Bahrain libraryThe Waqf Fund, a Bahrain-based special fund to support Islamic finance training, education and research, reviewed its ongoing programmes at a key meeting. At its 16th board of trustees meeting, the fund expressed its satisfaction that trai More… |
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Dubai library pays tribute to Sheikh ZayedThe Dubai Public Library paid tribute to the founding president of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan on his seventh anniversary. The Dubai Culture and Arts Society marked the event with an array of cultural and educational activit More… |
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Saudi libraries to be upgradedSaudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has approved plans to upgrade public libraries in the kingdom through the King Abdullah Project for the Development of Public Libraries. The plan includes updating and digitising more than 80 pub More… |
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UOWD expands libraryThe University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) has expanded its library to accommodate a larger number of students and also to cater to the needs of research students doing their doctorate programs at the university. The library, spread over More… |
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Flagship launches online library toolFlagship, a leading Dubai-based hi-tech mobile and web applications provider, launched 'Rufoof', a bookstore application, at the recent Gitex Technology Week. Rufoof targets the Arab audience with more than 4,500 books covering various sec More… |
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Ebrary interface now available in ArabicEbrary, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, announced that its world-renowned interface is now available in Arabic as well as English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Swedish. The new language option helps lib More… |
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Dubai Culture takes over 8 librariesThe Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has assumed the management of the emirate’s eight public libraries from Dubai Municipality. The transfer of ownership and new management highlight the ongoing commitment and mandate of More… |
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Promethean membership tops 400,000The membership of Promethean Planet, a fast-growing online teaching community of Promethean, a global leader in interactive education technology solutions, has now exceeded 400,000. Other figures reveal that downloads of flipcharts, Promet More… |
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UOWD opens expanded hi-tech libraryThe University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) unveiled a new state-of-the-art library with an extensive collection of books, CDs and journals and value-added hi-tech facilities, to enrich the learning experience for its 3,300-students at the Dubai More… |
Dubai ruler backs library projectThe first phase of modernising the library of Istanbul-based Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), based at the historic Yildiz Palace, kicked off with a generous grant from vice-president and pime mnister of the UAE and R More… |
