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:Lydia Wright
Nizami Ganjavi Subject Librarian, Middle East and Islamic Collections
Bodleian Nizami Ganjavi Library
Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278204
email: lydia.wright@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Vice Chair & Treasurer:Waseem Farooq
Reference and Instructional Librarian
Aga Khan Library
10 Handyside Street
London, N1C 4DN
Tel: +44 (0) 207 380 3868
email: waseem.farooq@aku.edu
Secretary & Website:Carlos Roca
Librarian for the Middle East and Central Asia
SOAS National Research Library
SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London, WC1H 0XG
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 4167
email: cr44@soas.ac.uk