Membership
Membership and participation in MELCOM (UK) are open without formality to all who are interested in the committee’s aims and activities. The following are especially encouraged to join:-
- librarians
- information officers
- archivists
- bibliographers
- codicologists
- academics, scholars and students of the Middle East
- information scientists
- booksellers
- bibliophiles
- students of Middle Eastern librarianship
- academics and scholars with a particular interest in libraries and/or bibliography
There is no membership fee, and meetings are held twice a year (December/January and July). For further details contact the Secretary.
Officers
Chair:Dr Michael Erdman
Head, Middle East and Central Asia
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London, NW1 2DB
email: michael.erdman@bl.uk
Secretary:Anne Watson
Librarian (Egypt & Sudan, Middle East, Greece & Rome)
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London, WC1B 3DG
email: AWatson@britishmuseum.org
Treasurer:Waseem Farooq
Reference and Instructional Librarian
Aga Khan Library
10 Handyside Street
London, N1C 4DN
email: waseem.farooq@aku.edu