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Article: Digital library set for Iraq; Private-governmental partners create portal to help researchers.(LIFE - SCHOOLS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 22, 2006
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Byline: Ann Geracimos, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
hen scientists think big, sometimes big things happen.
The Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL) never was intended to be a small matter, but its existence - electronic access to 17,000 cutting-edge scientific journal titles for Iraq's scientists, engineers and scholars - has elicited praise of the kind usually reserved for a major breakthrough in basic research.
A breakthrough it is, although of a different kind. Given the number and variety of public and private institutions involved in its creation, the project is considered unique. Partners in the venture total 28, including six U.S. government ...