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May we distribute Sarah's contact information below, along with this appeal, to broader audiences? It wasn't clear if Elena could be contacted directly or if any additional arrangements were being made... Best, Dennis Moser ~~ If your first move is brilliant, you’re in trouble. You don’t really know how to follow it; you’re frightened of ruining it. So, to make a mess is a good beginning. — Brian Eno On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 06:12, William Keller <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > From: Sarah H Parcak <[log in to unmask]> > Date: December 19, 2011 11:25:47 PM GMT+01:00 > Subject: National Institute in Cairo-book information/appeal for supplies > needed > > Dear Friends: > > As I am sure many of you have heard, the Institute D'Egypte was burned 2 > days ago during the uprisings around Tahrir Square. The exterior of the > building remains, but the interior is almost unrecognizable. This contained > 35,000+ books,was the oldest scientific institute outside of Europe, and > had the original Description D'Egypte. > > The (somewhat) good news is the a number of books were saved. People from > BOTH the army and the protesters helped in the recovery process. > > The not so good news: folks restoring the books need lots of supplies. I > have included the appeal below. Please pass on to your networks. All I > have is a phone# for the person in Cairo aiding in the restoration efforts. > > We also all need to pass along the link to the stamps of the books to make > sure nothing is sold in the antiquarian book market (and I am assuming lots > of you have contacts to that world): > > STAMPS FROM BOOKS: > > > http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/2011/12/library-stamps-from-institut-degypte.html > > APPEAL FOR MATERIALS TO HELP IN SAVING THE REMAINING BOOKS FROM THE > INSTITUT > > Dear all, > As you know lots of books were damaged and destroyed yesterday when the > Institut d'Egypt was set on fire. The salvaged books have been handed over > to the Dar al-Kutub, who are now organizing a rescue effort led by my > amazing book conservator colleagues and involving DAK's staff... of > conservators. We're getting a vacuum packing machine there to stop the > development of any mo...ld. Here's a list of materials needed in large > quantities. Please deliver to DAK Corniche. We are also ready to purchase > them, but it would be great to get them delivered asap. One of the most > important things is the bags-- we needed them to vacuum pack the books, so > we need the bags used by food companies to vacuum pack food. It is > extremely important to find a company which will sell or donate these bags > in bulk. > Please reach out to your networks and help us save these books. The first > 24 hours are crucial. This is my number for anyone who needs to reach me, > 010 6664 7823. I am heading over there in a bit. We don't need people now > as the staff of the Dar Al Kutub is working, but in a few hours we might > need help to register supplies, organize things, etc. > Thank you! Please spread. > Elena > > goggles > masks > gloves (medical, non-latex) > fans > extension cords > bags used by food companies for vacuum packing > bin liners /garbage bags > newspaper (printed or unprinted from a press-- better!) > L-brackets > plastic (milk) crates > aprons/lab coats > > Sarah H. Parcak, PhD, FSA > Associate Professor, Dept. of History and Anthropology > Director, Laboratory for Global Observation > University of Alabama at Birmingham > 1401 University Blvd > Birmingham, AL 35294 > Phone: (205) 996-7982 > Fax: (205) 996-7977 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~