The Advisory Committees Meet at the BA Next September
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Alexandria—
The specialized Advisory Committees will hold its sixteenth meeting at the BA on 6-7 September 2007, chaired by Dr. Mohsen Youssef, Director, BA Dialogue Forum. The committees give impetus to the BA's artistic, cultural, and scientific mission through the participation of its members in formulating the activities and programs of the BA.
Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, stated that the BA seeks to deeply root its relationship with Egyptian scholars and intellectuals and to benefit from their wisdom and views in developing the collections of the BA through recommending references, publications, and other knowledge mediums for the Library to make available for researchers and visitors. He added that BA welcomes the participation of the advisory committees in proposing different activities to be held in the BA, provided that it enriches the intellectual and scientific life in Egypt. Dr. Serageldin said that disseminating the mission of the BA and its activities targeting international and local audience, and spreading the awareness on services provided by the BA to researchers and knowledge seekers would not be accomplished without the guidance of distinguished intellectuals on the Egyptian cultural and scientific arena.
It is worth mentioning that the committees' membership is for one year only to increase the participation of intellectuals and scholars from different fields. The committees meet around four times a year.
The first meeting will be held on Thursday, 6 September 2007, at 17:00 hrs.