Buying Books in Teheran: Revolution streetApril 2019

٢٠١٩آوريل خيابان انقالب تهران

Occasion: Participationat a DFG financedconference

The Museums and Archivesof the GolestanPalace: State ofAffairs, Strategiesof Research andand Perspectivesof InternationalCooperation

W1

Diapositive 2

W1 Windows-Benutzer; 13/06/2019

Now you digitized your preciousmanuscripts – but will anybody

notice?On ways to make digitized manuscripts visible in library catalogues

and the academic communitiesDr. Andreas Drechsler, University Library of Bamberg University

andreas.drechsler@uni‐bamberg.de

al‐Kazwini: Die Wunder der Schöpfung(© BSB/Cod.arab. 464)

Initial Situation for me:‐ Problems in acquiring Iranian books‐ Need to evaluate current Iranian bookmarket and reestablish contacts with vendors on site‐ New staff with new academic profile in the Iranian Studies ‐ section of the ME Department in Bamberg‐ Extreme deevaluation of Iranian currency= extreme price advantage for buyers‐ Problems in money transport and payment due to International Sanctions

Professor Werner, University ofMarburg, soonUniversity of Bamberg

Mr. Bagherzadeh,Entesharat‐e Tus