NYU Receives $1.34 Million Grant from Arcadia to Support Arabic Collections Online, An Open Access, Arabic-Language Digital Library

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Summary:

"New York University Libraries has announced that Arcadia has made a grant of $1.34 million to support Arabic Collections Online (ACO), a major project to create an open access, digital library of public-domain Arabic language content. New York University Libraries—a leader in digital library development—has announced that Arcadia—a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin—has made a grant of $1.34 million to support Arabic Collections Online (ACO), a major project to create an open access, digital library of public-domain Arabic language content.   ACO aims to digitize 23,000 volumes from NYU and partner institutions and make them accessible to the public on the ACO website. ACO is a partnership between New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and NYU New York which began in 2013...."

Link:

http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/august/nyu-receives--1-34-million-grant-from-arcadia-to-support-arabic-.html

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Date tagged:

08/08/2018, 12:38

Date published:

08/08/2018, 08:38