Library Needed for Conservation Program in Erbil, Iraq

AIC is working to help the newly formed National Institute for the Preservation of Iraqi Cultural Heritage in Erbil as a critical component for rebuilding Iraq’s cultural heritage professional capability. The Institute will carry out training in conservation, museum management, historic preservation and archaeology. With the help of AIC and its membership, we are hoping to put together a library for the Institute in Erbil, Iraq.

AIC members Jessica Johnson, Ruth Norton, and other partners have put together an initial list of books for the library and we are soliciting donations. The University of Delaware, one of the partners with the Institute, is collecting the books for shipment. Each book will have a book plate added indicating who donated the book in English, Arabic, and Kurdish. Please check your personal libraries for any of these books you are willing to part with and if you have others that were not on the list but you think would be useful to the Institute, we will gratefully accept these as well.

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