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- 'Badass Librarians' Foil al Qaeda, Save Ancient Manuscripts
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Scholars used donkey carts, boats, and teenage couriers to smuggle a priceless collection out of Timbuktu.
- Directory of Archives and Manuscripts Repositories in the United States
Resource Type: Book Published: 1988
- For the Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story - in pictures
Resource Type: Photo/Image/Poster Published: 2012 During the Bosnian war, a group of men and women risked their lives to rescue thousands of irreplaceable Islamic manuscripts -- and preserve a nation's history. Amid bullets and bombs, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written antique books and documents -- the most important texts held by Sarajevo's Gazi Husrav Beg Library, founded in 1537. As the 20th anniversary of the start of the siege of Sarajevo approaches, a documentary airing tonight on BBC4 tells the story of this extraordinary bid to protect a nation's history. Here are a few of the film's most striking images
- A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States
Resource Type: Book Published: 1961
- Self-Publishing Manual
How to write, print & sell your own book Resource Type: Book Published: 1984 A comprehensive manual on self-publishing your own book which covers all aspects of the process from writing to selling.
- The treasures of Timbuktu
The race is on to preserve papers dating back to a west African golden age Resource Type: Article Published: 2007 West African scholars are quickly discovering the wealth of manuscripts burried in and near Timbuktu dating from the 11th century. Governments and universities are building archives in which to house and digitize these important relics.
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