Tuesday, 18 October 2011

NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES ON ASIA (NACIRA)

CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011

Revealing hidden gems:

Asian collections in the 21st century

Monday December 5th 2011

10.30am-4.00pm

Venue: The Eliot Room at the British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

Our speakers will be

Gillian Evison and Andrew Skilton of the Bodleian Library on the union catalogue of Buddhist Shan manuscripts project

Annabel Gallop of the BL on the work of the South East Asian section of the British Library, with a visit to the collections

Chris Dillon of University College London on the future scenario for non-Roman script domain names

Yasmin Faghihi of Cambridge University Library on the FIHRIST Islamic Manuscripts Catalogue project of Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries

Peter Kornicki of Cambridge University on the growth of Tangut studies

The cost will be only £25 this year, to include lunch and refreshments (£10fofor students)

For further particulars on how to register please contact Gill Goddard, secretary of NACIRA on: g.m.goddard@sheffield.ac.uk

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