Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Between the past and the present
Here are some important information about the libraryOf the latest and the most important cultural monuments in Egypt and around the world , was established in order to restore the glories of the ancient Library of Alexandria , which was a beacon for the whole world about two thousand years ago .
The old library
Established the Library of Alexandria at the hands of the successors of Alexander the Great more than two thousand years to the largest collection of books in the ancient world , which reached number then to 700 thousand volumes , including the works of Homer , and a library of Aristotle, and I've burned the library and was completely destroyed during the siege of Aoubeyos Caesar of the city, was sent military ships in 48 BC to destroy the state of the Ptolemies ships stationed there. Remained a dream to rebuild the ancient Library of Alexandria and to revive the heritage of this International Center for Science and knowledge has haunted the imagination of scientists and thinkers in the world.And the Library of Alexandria is a giant cultural monuments that were created was inaugurated in a major celebration in 2002 to be a beacon of culture and Egypt 's window on the world and a window to the world on Egypt. The beginning was with the announcement of President Mubarak's announcement of Aswan in 1990 to revive the old library .It is the first digital library in the twenty - first century and includes the Egyptian cultural heritage and humanitarian law, and is a center for study , dialogue and tolerance. This includes cultural edifice : Library can accommodate more than eight million books , six specialized libraries , three museums , seven research centers , permanent exhibitions , six halls for a variety of art exhibitions , planetarium , explore the hall and a conference center .. New Library of Alexandria was built to relive the spirit of the old library فالمكتبة aspires to be: - a center of knowledge and tolerance, dialogue and understanding. - A window to the world on Egypt - Egypt's window on the world.
In order to these goals , the new group of buildings includes several cultural centers are:1
- library containing millions of books library has a wide range of
selected books in Arabic, English and French , as well as a selection of
the books of European languages such as German, Italian, Spanish and
other languages are rare , such as Alkrebolah and the language of
Haiti and the Zulu , the group includes current sources of donors from
all over the world various topics.2
- the center of the Internet Archive and contains archive online as
follows : - a snapshot of the global information network since 1996
until now: all sites every two months - more than 10 billion pages -
texts more than those in the Library of Congress -1000 film archivers
-2000 hour television
broadcast of Egyptian and American -100 terabytes of information stored
on a 200 computer - the possibility of scanning the local 3 Books - six
specialized libraries :3 - library and audio - visual materials include multimedia library on the various types of audio and visual aids . Cover
audio-visual materials variety of topics : educational , religious,
cultural, political , documentaries , films , in addition to the means
of self to teach different languages , computer software and other
means of self-education in various fields , this is in addition to
recordings of all conferences , concerts and art exhibitions that take
place in Bibliotheca Alexandrina4 - Blind Library ( Library Taha Hussein ) , representing Taha Hussein Library new concept opens up new horizons for the Blind and Visually Impaired , and enables them to access to the sources of the Library of Alexandria and also online sources .
The basic objectives of this library is to promote national and international cooperation and to encourage research and development in this area , enabling blind and visually impaired of access to information , and thus attempt to bring them into a new era of knowledge and information technology. The library aims to create a new generation of blind people and people with visual disabilities so that they can meet the new electronic age and become the best of their ability to keep up with information technology .
5 - children's library which is intended for children aged 6-12 years, and aims to encourage children to read and ways to Find It is also designed to prepare children to use the main library in the future with all the content of the services and capabilities.6 - Young People's Library is a specialized library for young people aged 12 - 18 years , and aims to rehabilitation and training for young people to read and search until all of them are able to use all the services and facilities in the main library while at the age of 18 years .7 - library materials Almicrawfielmeh allow Hall to see the microfilm researchers the opportunity to see a number of different manuscripts and documents along with the Egyptian daily newspapers since the date of issuance , in addition to a range of books available in the form of microfilm.8 - Library of Rare Books and Special CollectionsHall includes access to rare books , rare books collection owned by the Library of Alexandria, which was printed before 1920 in addition to a number of books dedicated and copies of rare books and limited editions . Hall also includes access to the manuscripts collection of rare manuscripts owned by the Library of Alexandria, which scrolls with different languages mismatch Arabic, Turkish and Persian.* - Includes three museums1 - Museum Media effects within the library, and includes the museum's collection عصورا different Egyptian civilization starting from the Pharaonic era to the Islamic era through civilization Greek who came to Egypt with the invasion of Alexander the Museum of the Library of Alexandria was the first biggest, followed by civilization Romania and Coptic before the introduction of Islam to Egypt. The Group 's exposure to about 1079 pieces .
3 - Manuscripts Museum is one of the academic centers attached to the BA . This museum was established under Presidential Decree No. (269) for the year 2002 . The museum is divided into the following sections: Rare BooksTo be blood rare , precious collectibles saved the Bibliotheca Alexandrina , namely : the original manuscripts , rare books , maps, ancient coins, collectibles profile celebrities , Go Precious submitted to the library , documents .. And otherDepartment of microfilm section has been enriching the content of rare collections of manuscripts and documents (approximately thirty thousand manuscript , and fifty thousand documents )
Department of museum presentation of this section consists of museum presentation hall B1 level is located in the heart of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina , and displays precious manuscripts, rare books , and other rare library
3 - The Museum of the History of Science museum displays the development of science in Egypt over three successive historical periods comprising the main sections of the museum which : pharaonic section , and the Greek and the Department of Arabic and Islamic Science5 - Planetarium & Science Center consists of the planetarium Planetarium and the Museum of the History of Science , which is located inside the inverted pyramid bottom of the Planetarium . The museum was designed to pay homage to scientists whose work contributed to the dissemination of scientific knowledge . The center also includes exploration Hall is located next to the planetarium where visitors can interact with exhibits dealing with various scientific subjects and particularly in Physics and AstronomyThe aim of the Planetarium Science Center to the dissemination of scientific culture , exhibitions and workshops available to visitors regardless of age and scientific background , and thus live up to the concept of the fact that science centers educational tools.Explorations Hall and scientific exhibitions for childrenExplorations Hall is an educational center contains a series of scientific instruments in order to highlight the role of new technologies in the development of human capacity. بتم that make some scientific experiments by which the application of the basic laws of science , physics and astronomy . Discovery focuses on two main areas : astronomy and nature with the possibility of providing organic chemistry and the nature of the material . The main objective behind the establishment of Exploration Hall at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is to develop the core of a new generation of explorers and innovators who are able to meet the challenges of contemporary scientific . 7 - permanent exhibitionsTwo exhibition " Alexandria Through the Ages" , " World of Shadi Abdel Salam "
Convention CenterThe Convention Center Annex BA from the latest findings of the architecture for meetings and exhibitions halls . One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Library of Alexandria Convention Center is being designed initially to become a center for international conferences . And to provide comprehensive and diverse services , The center means the requirements of high culture and conferences fits seminars, meetings and courses
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