Middle East Research Journals (MERJ) Project Credits

The Middle East Research Journals (MERJ) project was organized by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

Key partners

CAORC acknowledges the following key partners in the MERJ project:

• The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for funding and project support.
• The Center for Research Libraries for project support and advice.
• Yale University Libraries' Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic Library (AMEEL) for advice and cooperation.
• Bogaziçi Universitesi (Istanbul, Turkey) for permission to digitize Bogaziçi Üniversitesi Dergisi. Beseri Bilimler.
• Columbia University Libraries for their permission to digitize their copy of the Bulletin of the Israel Exploration Society.
• Edebiyat Fakultesi, Ege Universitesi (Izmir, Turkey) for permission to digitize Arkeoloji Dergisi and Arkeoloji-sanat Tarihi Dergisi.
• The Israel Exploration Society (Jerusalem, Israel) for permission to digitize the Bulletin of the Israel Exploration Society.
• University of Chicago Libraries for permission to digitize Revue archéologique syrienne.
• The following research centers for their participation and support:

American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan

American Institute for Maghrib Studies (libraries in Morocco and Tunisia)

American Institute for Yemeni Studies

American Research Center in Egypt

American Research Institute in Turkey (libraries in Ankara and Istanbul)

Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute

W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem

CAORC project facilitation

Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Museum of National History, 10th and Constitution Aves. NW
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 178
Washington DC 20013-7012
202-633-1599, fax 202-786-2430

Ms. Lisa Rogers, Grants Administrator

Ms. Diane M. Ryan, Project Coordinator,
Digital Library for International Research
Center for Research Libraries

Technical consultants:

Dr. Maria deJ. Ellis, Executive Director
American Institute for Yemeni Studies

Dr. David Magier, Director of Area Studies
Columbia University Libraries

Mr. James Simon, Director of International Resources
Center for Research Libraries

Contracted services

Cataloging was supplied by OCLC Custom Cataloging Services and D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd. (New Delhi, India).

Digital image post processing, microfilm services, and web hosting was supplied by Hudson Microimaging, Inc.

Computing services were supplied by University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.