The International School of Information Science (ISIS) in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...

was founded to initiate, develop, carry out, and promote research and development of activities and projects related to building a universal digital library. ISIS was also created in order to maximize creativity and foster innovations within the

Bibliotheca Alexandrina The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin for "Library of Alexandria"; arz, مكتبة الإسكندرية ', ) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a commemoration of the Library ...

. The Institute develops IT projects that will ultimately contribute to the knowledge capacity of

and the world.

References

* Arseneault, Michel. "Alexandria, from papyrus to the Internet." ''The UNESCO Courier'' 52, no. 4 (April 1999): 40-42. * Bilboul, Roger. "The Library of Alexandria Reopens." ''Information Today'' 19, no. 11 (December 2002): 26. * Watson, Bruce. "Rising Sun." ''Smithsonian'', April 2002.

External links

Official ISIS website
Education in Egypt Science and technology in Egypt Scientific organisations based in Egypt Information schools