Join the Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library for this Introduction to Arabo-Islamic Manuscript Culture Intensive Course, organised by Qatar National Library and the Chair of Islamic History and Culture, University of Tübingen, Germany. At the heart of this introductory course are manuscripts… Read More
Learn about how libraries are finding dynamic ways to connect their communities to cultural heritage at our upcoming virtual event: Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage. Read More
Culture is a basic need. A community thrives through its cultural heritage, it dies without it. Libraries of course have an essential role in safeguarding this heritage, but their work doesn’t need to stop there! The work in cultural heritage can go beyond preservation, enabling… Read More
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the final event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: A Reading in Charles-Moïse Briquet’s Encyclopedia. In 1917, Charles-Moïse Briquet produced the mammoth four-volume work Les Filigranes, in which 16,112 watermarks were collected from libraries and archives, official documents of… Read More
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the thurd event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Determining the Age of Paper Between the Date of Manufacture and Use. Dmitry Likhachov believes that the maximum period that paper takes from the date of its manufacture until… Read More
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the second event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Studying Time Periods for Watermarks Through Paper and Electronic Indexes. This lecture discusses the most important watermark indexes, the forms used in each index, and the studied time periods… Read More
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the first event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Watermarks: their semantics, shapes, classification and locations on surface of paper. This lecture sheds light on the forms of watermarks, their classification and the meanings of these forms. Are… Read More
PAC Kazakhstan facilitates meetings of libraries across Central Asia to exchange knowledge in restoration and conservation of the region's documentary heritage. Read More
The “What is Antiquities Trafficking?” webinar, presented as part of the Himaya Project Lecture Series, examined the trafficking of documentary cultural heritage in the MENA region. Read More
This webinar will discuss the structures of supply chains for illicit trafficking of cultural goods and key stakeholders who are involved at each stage. The organisers will define what an illicit antiquity is and explore the source, transit and market countries. To explain the key features of… Read More