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AUC Libraries and Learning Technologies (LLT) is a school of the American University in Cairo. It is located on the University’s New Campus, in New Cairo, Egypt. LLT is composed of several units: the Main Library, the Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL; includes University Archives and Records Management), and the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). Together, these units form one of the largest, and most important academic research libraries in Egypt .〔see: Lulat, Y.G.M.(A history of African Higher Education from Antiquity to the Present: A Critical Synthesis. ), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2005. “In fact to say that the AUC library is a regional resource would not be an exaggeration” (p.130)〕〔Mills, Andrew.(“7 Years at the American University in Cairo,” ), The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 2010). “We now have a library that is truly outstanding in the region. It can accommodate 700,000 volumes. It's a serious research library. It has facilities for conservation of old manuscripts, the rare books and special-collections library. () These are things that could never even be seriously contemplated in the facilities that we had downtown.”〕 Despite its physical location in Egypt, the American University of Cairo is accredited 〔(AUC Accreditation Reports ).〕 in the United States by the Middle States Commission of Higher Education (formerly a part of MSA); the School of Libraries and Learning Technologies therefore implements US standards and practices in all aspects of its work. AUC Libraries and Learning Technologies is a member of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), a member of the Center for Research Libraries’ Global Resources Network, and a member of IFLA. It is also a member of the AMICAL Consortium, and participates in OCLC’s resource-sharing programs ILLiad and SHARES. As of February 2015, its holdings include some 70,000 electronic journals in over 138 databases; over 480,000 volumes of printed books (of which: 348,453 volumes in English, 102,655 volumes in Arabic, 26,657 volumes in French, 6,071 volumes in German, in addition to minor holdings in other languages). The Libraries also provides access to over 250,000 e-book titles, and several thousand titles in theses, maps, microforms, and audiovisual materials. The Libraries are open to all AUC faculty members, students and staff. Visiting researchers whose work requires use of the collections are also admitted. ==History== By 1922, three years after its founding, AUC had a small reading room as part of the School of Oriental Studies at the Tahrir Campus. In 1959, the Library was moved to Hill House and managed by faculty librarians and staff. The collection comprised primarily English and Arabic titles. In 1973, the Library created the first computerized serials holdings list. The collection was reclassified from the Dewey Decimal system to the Library of Congress call number system between 1972 and 1975. In 1982, the Main Library moved into a new purpose-built facility on the Greek Campus (a plot on the corner of Muhammad Mahmoud and Yousuf Elguindi Streets, originally belonging to the Greek community).〔The old Library was impacted during the revolution of 2011; see: ("AUC Library Fire Put Out", ), Ahram Online 23 November 2011.〕 In 1986, the Library implemented one of the first online catalogs in the Middle East through the German-Belgian Dobis/Libis system.〔Murphy, Lawrence R.,(The American University in Cairo, 1919-1987. ), Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1987.〕 In 1995, the Main Library was the first in the region to create a department of Information Literacy, and more faculty members were added as services were expanded to meet the specialized needs of new academic departments and developing technologies. The year 1990 saw the inauguration of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library. In 1998, the Director of the Library was elevated to the rank of Dean. Shortly thereafter, in 2000, the Library was merged with the Departments of Media Services, Academic Computing, and Web Communications. The Centre for Learning and Teaching was inaugurated in the 2002. In the summer of 2008, Libraries and Learning Technologies moved from downtown Cairo to its present location on the University’s new 265-acre campus in New Cairo.〔Lamont, Thomas A., (The American University in Cairo, 1987-1995. ), Cairo: The American University in Cairo, 1997.〕〔Ismail, Matthew ("International Dateline -- American University in Cairo (AUC), New Campus, New Library," ), Against the Grain 21:2 (2009), Article 45.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AUC Libraries and Learning Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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