Sheikh Zayed Book Award
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Edition 16 (2022) Winner
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
ビブリオテカ・アレクサンドリナ
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 2002-10-16 （Alexandria, Egypt）
- Died
- null
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Languages
- Arabic (Egyptian, Classical), English, French
Career
- Occupations
- national library, cultural center
- Active Years
- 2002-
- Affiliations
- UNESCO, Alexandria University, International School of Information Science (ISIS)
- Influenced By
- Library of Alexandria (ancient)
- Influenced
- Modern library revival movements and development of regional cultural institutions
Awards & Nominations
Legacy
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a modern national library and cultural center revived in commemoration of the ancient Library of Alexandria. It serves as a hub for academic and cultural exchange in the Mediterranean and Middle East region. The complex provides shelf space for up to eight million volumes, features a large glass-roofed main reading room, and contributes to heritage preservation through international donations and digital initiatives, while facing criticism over funding and concerns about censorship.
Museums
- Antiquities Museum Within the Bibliotheca Alexandrina complex, Alexandria Opened in 2001
- Manuscript Museum Within the Bibliotheca Alexandrina complex, Alexandria Opened in 2001
- Sadat Museum Within the Bibliotheca Alexandrina complex, Alexandria Opened in 2001
- Planetarium Science Center On the Bibliotheca Alexandrina premises, Alexandria Opened in 2002
Academic Societies
- International School of Information Science (ISIS)
Archives
- Digital Assets Repository (DAR)
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina web archive
In Popular Culture
- Presented as a venue for Wikimania 2008
Trivia
- Officially inaugurated on 16 October 2002 as a revival commemoration of the ancient library.
- Provides shelf space designed for up to eight million volumes.
- Main reading room covers about 20,000 square meters beneath a 160 m diameter tilted glass roof facing the sea.
- Received a donation of 500,000 books from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in 2009.
- Hosts the Digital Assets Repository (DAR) offering public access to many digitized collections.