Library Newsletter Fall 2022

The Plants and Public Parks exhibit is the final product of dedicated research by graphic art publication design students at the RBSCL, aiming at engaging students with unique collections of rare books, magazines, maps and so on. Students’ publications were selected to be exhibited in the library foyer area to be an inspiration for peer students are featuring newly designed publications that reinterpret existing archival material concerned with flora and fauna of Egypt, the history of public parks and gardens, streets’ trees and plants, and crop cultivation practices. The exhibit opening was on October 24 at 5 pm. The display will last till December 30 at the AUC Library foyer, Plaza level.

Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) provides AUC with unlimited access to over 20,000 Oxford University Press books, including some of their latest published titles and prestigious series. OSO provides content from all disciplines, focusing on the humanities and social sciences.

In September 2022, the digitization unit scanned the Al Kawakeb, the oldest art magazine in Egypt that stopped publishing at the age of 90, and Akher Saa magazines. It was an intensive one-year project, and the team generated 112,697 scans! This project allowed me to develop a new understanding of such rare material and create best practices for scanning periodicals. Digitization is a wonderful solution for preserving unique and old collections and gives a slice of history to a large audience.

Akher Saa

Check the new integration between the Library system and the Library OneSearch, which allows you to retrieve your library card information for a more personalized user experience. Where you can see your checked-out books and renew them; check your fines; check your holds and cancel them if needed; check your library record details and messages; revisit your reading and research history.

As of the academic year 2022, AUC Libraries and The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Egypt have agreed to cooperate in supporting researchers in the field of Arabic and Islamic studies, Egyptology, Archaeology and Papyrology for Egyptian and non-Egyptian scholars.

Document delivery service delivers electronic copies of articles and/or book chapters from the AUC collections or copies of international libraries on the users’ behalf. This service is guided by the Document Delivery policy. It is provided to AUC faculty, currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students, staff, as well as alumni, registered external users, and overseas researchers. For any questions or assistance, visit our webpage or email us.

Docdel@aucegypt.edu

The virtual live chat service 24/7 Ask Us links users with reference librarians. The live chat is open every day of the week, 24 hours a day. A reference librarian will be able to assist you with queries regarding locating materials in our collections or in online resources and specialist databases. We can also assist you in finding effective search strategies to streamline your research. For more details, contact us by email. For research support or questions, visit the Live Chat (Available 24/7).

Library@aucegypt.edu