Karabağlar Municipality’s events for the 58th Library Week, held from March 28 to April 3, 2022, concluded with the “Archives and Truths” panel.
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New Collection at Salt Research: Archive of Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Companies
Comprising 453 documents and photographs, the archive documents telephone companies, users, employees, and the role of the telephone in daily life in the Ottoman Empire.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Libraries and Museums: 58th Library Week Events
Organized by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Libraries and Museums as part of the 58th Library Week, the talk “Beyond Reading: Collecting, Preserving, Sharing” will take place at Atatürk Library on Friday, April 1, at 17:00.
Archive and Memory Seminars 11: The Story of an Archive: Taha Toros Archive
The 11th session of the Archive and Memory Seminars will take place at Atatürk Library on Thursday, March 31, at 19:00, with Tuğba Dağlı discussing the Taha Toros Archive’s distinctive character, significance, and digitization process.
The “Seal Database,” prepared by the cataloguing unit and containing 802 seals, has been launched.
The Seal Database currently contains 802 seals from manuscripts and printed works and is open to researchers without requiring membership. It aims to provide clear images and detailed assessments and to publish data analyses and research articles by experts.
A Search for Solutions to the Underrepresentation of Women in Libraries and Archives
As part of the 58th Library Week, ÇEKÜL Evi will host an online event with the Women’s Library and Information Centre Foundation on Tuesday, March 29, at 14:00. The event is open to everyone.
Three Great Patrons of the Page: Three Master Patrons of Antiquarian Booksellers
The event featuring Halil Bingöl, Emin Nedret İşli, and Lütfü Seymen will take place on YouTube on Friday, May 14, at 21:30.
Archive and Memory Seminars 10: Archiving Theatre
The Atatürk Library hosts the Theatre Foundation of Turkey and Esen Çamurdan for a seminar on preserving Turkey’s theatrical memory. The foundation’s work spans oral history, archives, a literature database, and a theatre museum.
Archive and Memory Seminars 9: Is There Such a Thing as a Foreign Archive?
In this session of the Archive and Memory Seminars, the Atatürk Library hosts the Istanbul Branch of the German Archaeological Institute. Together with Berna Güler, the session explores the question, “Is there such a thing as a foreign archive?”
Cahide Uçuk’s Private Archive Donation to the Women’s Library and Information Centre Foundation
The private archive of novelist, short-story and children’s author, and journalist Cahit Uçuk (Cahide Üçok) (1909–2004) was donated to the Foundation by her heirs, with the assistance of her niece Ayşe Üçok. The Foundation thanks them for this valuable contribution.