{"id":364,"date":"2015-01-05T17:38:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/?p=364"},"modified":"2015-01-05T17:38:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:38:06","slug":"qatar-digital-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/2015\/01\/05\/qatar-digital-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Digital Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen\" target=\"_blank\">Qatar Digital Library<\/a>&#8216; is a free digital archive of cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf developed by Qatar Foundation, Qatar National Library and The British Library.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Below is a paragraph straight from the site about what you can find in it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>WHAT CAN I FIND IN THE QDL?<\/h2>\n<p><i>Content currently available on the QDL was developed during the first phase of the partnership, reaching a total of 500,000 images by the end of 2014. More content is being added all the time, but current highlights the QDL is proud to showcase include:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23India_Office\" target=\"_blank\">India Office\u00a0<\/a>Records that span the period 1763\u20131951, comprising files from the Bushire Political<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23Residency\" target=\"_blank\">Residency\u00a0<\/a>Records and the Bahrain\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23Agency\" target=\"_blank\">Agency\u00a0<\/a>Records<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>J. G. Lorimer\u2019s\u00a0Gazetteer of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23Persian_Gulf\" target=\"_blank\">Persian Gulf\u00a0<\/a>, Oman and Central Arabia\u00a0(1908, 1915), a classic introduction to the history of the Gulf<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>500 maps, charts and plans of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23Persian_Gulf\" target=\"_blank\">Persian Gulf\u00a0<\/a>and the wider region<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>The Private papers of Sir Lewis Pelly,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23Political_Resident\" target=\"_blank\">Political Resident\u00a0<\/a>in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.csulb.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=_5Wc-bF0xUGToIwqdKbx2BMXMySa_NEIO0-m3ZzQqUs3qruuVFGbuiIZ07wwKXIF6YbE5_wL5VM.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.qdl.qa%2fen%2fglossary%23Persian_Gulf\" target=\"_blank\">Persian Gulf\u00a0<\/a>between 1862 and 1872<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Arabic Scientific Manuscripts from the British Library\u2019s Manuscripts Collections, covering topics such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy and engineering<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>A selection of photographs, postcards and other printed objects as well as sketches, drawings and watercolours; etchings, engravings and illustrations<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>A selection of audio collection materials including 200 shellac discs recorded in Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq between 1920 and 1940<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Qatar Digital Library&#8216; is a free digital archive of cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf developed by Qatar Foundation, Qatar National Library and The British Library. 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