Open Access Archives: Gazi University Turkey

Open Access Archives: Gazi University Open Archive Repository

Gazi University’s Open Archive is an initiative based on the decision taken at the senate meeting held on February 16, 2007 aimed at providing free access at national and international level to the information produced by the academic staff of Gazi University. The Open Archive was developed through the cooperation between the Data Processing Department and the Library and Documentation Department. The archive system was developed in compliance with the OAIPMH. It is registered at ROAR and OpenDOAR. The Open Archive includes articles of the university’s academic staff published in scientific magazines, as well as research projects, conference abstracts, reports, lecture notes and theses.

Select type of publication:

• Article (221)
• Thesis (11132)
• Communique (49)
• Projects (0)
• Book Chapters (18)
• Lesson Notes (59)

http://acikarsiv.gazi.edu.tr/index.php

Open Access Archives: Iran and Central Asia

Digital Persian Archive - Asnad.org

An Image Database of Persian Historical Documents from Iran and Central Asia up to the 20th Century

"Image Database of Persian Historical Documents from Iran and Central Asia up to the 20th Century -A Research Project of the Iranian Studies Division at the Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.

This Project aims at facilitating access to the growing number of available Persian historical deeds and documents, both published and unpublished. It shall allow work on archival material with the help of incorporated facsimiles without recourse to the original - often remote - place of publication or storage.

The Database includes "public" and "private" documents: royal decrees and orders, official correspondence, and shari'a court documents, such as contracts of sale and lease, vaqf deeds, marriage contracts, and court orders. It also serves as a bibliographic reference tool, being a continually updated repertoire of published historical documents.

 Browse and search this Database

http://www.asnad.org/en/

Open Access Qatar Digital Library

Open Access Qatar Digital Library

WHAT IS THE QATAR DIGITAL LIBRARY?

The Qatar Digital Library (QDL) is making a vast archive featuring the cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf and wider region freely available online for the first time. It includes archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs and much more, complete with contextualized explanatory notes and links, in both English and Arabic.

WHAT CAN I FIND IN THE QDL?

Content currently available on the QDL was developed during the first phase of the partnership, reaching a total of 500,000 images by the end of 2014. More content is being added all the time, but current highlights the QDL is proud to showcase include:

• India Office Records that span the period 1763–1951, comprising files from the Bushire Political Residency Records and the Bahrain Agency Records
• J. G. Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf , Oman and Central Arabia (1908, 1915), a classic introduction to the history of the Gulf
• 500 maps, charts and plans of the Persian Gulf and the wider region
• The Private papers of Sir Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf between 1862 and 1872
• Arabic Scientific Manuscripts from the British Library’s Manuscripts Collections, covering topics such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy and engineering
• A selection of photographs, postcards and other printed objects as well as sketches, drawings and watercolors; etchings, engravings and illustrations
• A selection of audio collection materials including 200 shellac discs recorded in Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq between 1920 and 1940

http://www.qdl.qa/en