ACO will ensure that this content will be saved digitally for future generations | What is the purpose of the project? Many older Arabic books are out-of-print, in fragile condition, and are otherwise rare materials that are in danger of being lost |
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What is Arabic Collections Online? What is the purpose of the project? ACO currently provides digital access to 17,213 volumes across 10,133 subjects drawn from rich Arabic collections of distinguished research libraries | However, if you believe that you are the copyright owner of any material displayed here, please see our |
However, if you believe that you are the copyright owner of any material displayed here, please see our.
27All out-of-copyright books from NYU and partner institutions are selected for ACO | Gelvin, Professor of History, UCLA• Marilyn Booth, Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professor of the Contemporary Arab World, Magdalen College, Oxford University• What are the standards used for digitization? Image master files must be produced as TIFF-6, uncompressed, sRGB- or RGB-embedded, 24-bit color 3-channels of 8-bit color , 400 ppi for all items |
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Beshara Doumani, Joukowsky Family Professor of Modern Middle East History, Brown University• David Hirsch, Advisor to Mohammed bin Rashid Library, Dubai• These institutions are contributing published books in all fields—literature, business, science, and more—from their Arabic language collections |
Arabic Collections Online ACO is a publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content.
13Important Arabic language content is not widely available on the web, and ACO aims to ensure global access to a rich Arabic library collection | What is Arabic Collections Online? Gelvin, Professor of History, UCLA• Virginia Danielson, Former Director of the NYUAD Library retired• ACO aims to digitize, preserve, and provide free open access to a wide variety of Arabic language books in subjects such as literature, philosophy, law, religion, and more |
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These titles, in turn, have been collected over centuries by subject specialists at each respective institution for their academic quality and relevance to intellectual and literary inquiry | Many older Arabic books are out-of-print, in fragile condition, and are otherwise rare materials that are in danger of being lost |
All out-of-copyright books from NYU and partner institutions are selected for ACO.
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