University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science)

The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with the university’s Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilization, will launch a program to promote graduate-level education in library and information science at two universities–the American University in Cairo and Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. Six doctoral students will earn joint degrees from the two UNC programs and will be involved with SILS faculty in providing on-site and distance learning opportunities for students at the two universities. The project will help to prepare future U.S. library educators who are knowledgeable about the Middle East and will promote collaboration among libraries in areas such as collection development and cataloging of Arabic-language resources.