Abstract:
Presented at the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) annual conference 2021: Digital Scholarship Interest Group (DSIG) Roundtable: Who is it for?
Recording of a roundtable aimed to open a conversation about the intended participants in, and the audience for, digital scholarship in Southwest Asia and North Africa. Centering the perspectives of people from or working in the Middle East, invited colleagues from institutions in Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates gave short presentations from their experiences engaging with digital scholarship.
Moderator: Dale J. Correa, Middle East Librarian and History Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Panel members:
o Omnia Fathallah, Subject-Matter Expert – Librarian, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.
o Abdelaziz Galal, Arabic & Islamic Studies and Communication & Media Sciences Librarian, Zayed University, UAE.
o Michael Nashed, Electronic Publishing Specialist, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.
o Naz Özkan, Reference and Outreach Librarian, Koç University, Turkey.
o Dalal Rahmeh, Data Services Librarian, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.