Islamic Studies Library
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{{Infobox library
| name = Islamic Studies Library
| image = Desk in Islamic Studies Library.jpg
| caption = Desk in the Islamic Studies Library
| type = A branch of the McGill University Library
| established = 1952
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| items_collected = Islamic manuscripts, catalogues, reference materials, Islamic history, classical Islamic texts and works
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| criteria = Islamic Studies, Muslim world
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| director = Anais Salamon
| num_employees = 4{{cite web|title=ISL Staff|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/islamic/staff |work=Islamic Studies Library |access-date=26 February 2014}}
| website = [https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/islamic Islamic Studies Library]
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The holdings of the Islamic Studies Library, a branch of the McGill University Library, stand together with those of the Robarts Library of the University of Toronto as the premier library resources in Canada for research on the Islamic world{{cite web|title=Islamic studies collection policy|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections/collection-policies/islamic|work=McGill Library website|access-date=26 February 2014}} and among the most important collections in North America.
History
The Islamic Studies library was founded, along with the McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, in 1952.{{cite web|title=McGill Library website|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/islamic/about|work=About the Islamic Studies Library|access-date=26 February 2014}} It has grown from a modest departmental library to a respectable library of approximately 150,000 volumes covering the whole of Islamic civilization. The library is located in Morrice Hall, designed by John J. Browne, and built in 1882.{{cite web|title=Morrice Hall|url=http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/Morrice_Hall.html|work=Virtual McGill}}
Collection
The library collections comprise material in print, manuscript, and audiovisual formats. The manuscript collection consists of approximately 640 volumes of literature in Arabic, Persian, Turkish (including Ottoman Turkish) and Urdu.{{cite web|title=Islamic Manuscripts|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/islamic/manuscripts|work=McGill Library website|access-date=26 February 2014}} These holdings are located in [https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks/special-collections/islamic Rare Books and Special Collections] The audiovisual resources consist of microfilms of rare books, and manuscripts (535 reels). Among the printed books there is a collection of approximately 3000 rare items, including a collection of 700 volumes of Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Turkish books printed by lithography.
In general terms, the collection aspires to cover the entire range of Islamic civilization (Islamicate). Geographically this is meant to include South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, etc.), Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan), the Middle East (Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and the Yemen), and North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and the Sudan).{{cite web|title=Collection Policy|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections/collection-policies/islamic|work=Islamic Studies Library|access-date=26 February 2014}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/islamic Islamic Studies Library]
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Category:Academic libraries in Canada
Category:Libraries in Montreal
Category:1952 establishments in Quebec