Open Access Journal: MELA Notes The Journal of the Middle East Librarians Association

It is the purpose of the Middle East Librarians' Association to facilitate communication among members through meetings and publications; to improve the quality of area librarianship through the development of standards for the profession and education of Middle East library specialists; to compile and disseminate information concerning Middle East libraries and collections and to represent the judgment of the members in matters affecting them; to encourage cooperation among members and Middle East libraries, especially in the acquisition of materials and the development of bibliographic control; to cooperate with other library and area organizations in projects of mutual concern and benefit; to promote research in and development of indexing and automated techniques as applied to Middle East materials.

MELA Notes number 85 (2012)

MELA Notes number 84 (2011)

MELA Notes number 83 (2010)

MELA Notes number 82 (2009)

MELA Notes number 81 (2008)

MELA Notes number 80 (2007)

MELA Notes number 79 (2006)

MELA Notes number 78 (2005)

MELA Notes number 77 (2004)

MELA Notes number 75-76 (Fall 2002-Spring 2003)

MELA Notes number 73-74 (Fall 2001-Spring 2002)

MELA Notes number 71-72 (Fall 2000-Spring 2001)

MELA Notes number 69-70 (Fall 1999-Spring 2000)

MELA Notes number 67-68 (Fall 1998-Spring 1999)

MELA Notes number 65-66 (Fall 1997-Spring 1998)

MELA Notes number 64 (Spring 1997) 

Tables of Contents and Text of Earlier Numbers of MELA Notes, no. 1- (1973-) 

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Occasional Papers & Other Publications from MelaNotes Middle East Librarians Association Occasional Papers in Middle Eastern Librarianship, No. 1 (1981). Edited by David Partington. [This PDF file is very large: 5MB]
Guide to Using Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (brockelmann.pdf. Originally published in MELA Notes Nr. 3 (1974) as Basic Reference Outline Series Nr. 1)
Guide to Graf's Geschichte der Christlichen Arabischen Literatur (Printable file in PDF) (Originally published in MELA Notes Nr. 69-70 (2000) as MELA Basic Reference Outline Series ; Number 2)
Statement of Purpose of MELA Notes from the First Number (Fall 1973) (James W. Pollock, Editor)