02 May 2006

The Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documentation Center of Astan - Quds - Razavi, Iran
The Organization of Libraries, Astan - Quds - Razavi, Holy Shrine, Mashhad, Iran
Self-description: "[The Library, which was open to the public in 1457 AD. ] "is considered as one of the most important treasures of the recorded knowledge of Iran and the world of Islam. [...] The construction of the present glorious building was completed in 1995 [...] Some of the outstanding features of this notable complex are as follows: 1: Affiliation of the complex to the Holy Shrine of His Holiness Imam Reza (AS). 2: Possesing very old manuscripts, artifacts and museum objects (some of them are more than 1000 years old). 3: Many exquisite copies of the Quran, manuscripts and printed books. [...]."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Administrative structure; * Deputy of the coordination and the chief of central library; * The deputy of museums; * The deputy of affliated libraries; * The management of documents and periodicals; * The office of public affairs; * Public relations; * The instructional unit; * Publication; * Research unit; * Supervision and productivity unit; * Contact us.
[A tri-lingual (Farsi, Arabic, English) site - ed.]
URL http://www.aqlibrary.org/English/index.aspx
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.aqlibrary.org/
Link reported by: Abolfazl Hassanabady (ahassanabady1--at--yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000