Makary inaugurates works of “sixth conference on libraries and digital preservation of cultural heritage” at ESCWA

Makary inaugurates works of “sixth conference on libraries and digital preservation of cultural heritage” at ESCWA

NNA - Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, on Tuesday inaugurated at the ESCWA headquarters in downtown Beirut, the ldquo;Sixth Conference on Libraries and Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage,rdquo; at the invitation of the Lebanese Library Association, and in partnership with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the International Federation for Library Institutions and Associations (IFLA/MLAS) (IFLA/MENA).

The inaugural ceremony of the three-day conference took place in the presence of ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary for Programs Mounir Tabet, President of IFLA Middle East and North Africa, Dr. Saif Al Jabri, President of the American University of Beirut, Dr. Fadlo Khuri, President of the Lebanese Library Association, Basma Chebani, ESCWA Library Director, Dr. Mohammed Zuhair Baqli, and a number of representatives of the International Federation for Library Associations.

In his delivered word, Minister Makary said: ldquo;Libraries and the digital preservation of Lebanese heritage,rdquo; a title that summarizes the history of a nation and preserves its heritage and civilization. From the library and the archive, history begins, and through them it settles and continues.rdquo;

Minister Makary said that the importance of the archives of the Ministry of Information and state-run Television of Lebanon (Tele Liban) lies in that it is the