Iraqi Virtual Science Library
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The Iraqi Virtual Science Library is an Iraqi Virtual Library providing Iraqi academics with access to recourses via the internet. The library, launched in May 2006, provides access to more than one million articles from 17,000 electronic journals and other resources.[1] Access to this knowledge is considered vital for the rebuilding of Iraq as it will improve the curriculum which suffered under Saddam Hussein's regime.[2] The library is part of the overall plan to improve access to information in Iraq.[3]
The library's creation was spearheaded by D.J. Patil, a scientist from the University of Maryland,[4] in connection with JSTOR.[5][6] The library was funded in part by the US Department of Defense.[7]
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- ^ "University of Maryland Scientist Leads Creation of Virtual Science Library for Iraq". AScrive Science News Service. 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Steven Donald Smith (2006-05-04). "Virtual Library Gives Iraqi Scientists Access to Valuable Knowledge". The Conservative Voice. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Rebuilding Iraqi Science". NPR. 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "University of Maryland Scientist Spearheads Creation of Iraqi Virtual Science Library". Computers in Libraries. 2006-07-01. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "JSTOR Teams up with Iraqi Virtual Science Library". Information Today. 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Michael Baumann (2006). "Iraq Gets a Foothold in Cyberspace". Information Today. 23 (7): 1-46.
- ^ "Iraqi Educators Reconnect via Virtual Library". International Educator. 2006-07-01. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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