Harvard University Library : Harvard’s Islamic Heritage Project Is Now Online

Through a new collaboration among Islamic-studies scholars, librarians, and curators, Harvard University has cataloged, conserved, and digitized Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts from its renowned library and museum collections. The result is a new online collection comprising more than 145,000 digital pages available to Internet users everywhere. Entitled the Islamic Heritage Project, or IHP, the collection is made possible with generous support from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. Visit IHP online at http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ihp.

The Islamic Heritage Project is an integral part of the University’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program (ISP). Founded in 2006, ISP builds on Harvard’s strong commitment to the study of the religious traditions of the world, and it augments the University’s existing strength by increasing the number of faculty focused on Islamic studies. ISP created the Islamic Heritage Project in collaboration with the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program (OCP) to share important aspects of the University’s intellectual wealth—specifically by developing a dynamic digital collection that supports teaching and research.

via Harvard University Library : Publications : News : 12/18/09.

~ by yahyasheikho786 on December 21, 2009.