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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">Qatar Digital Library</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">A drawing of three coastal towns in Arabia by Thomas Elwon in the 1830s obtained from Qatar Digital Library.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">2014</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">Over 2 million digitized pages</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/">Qatar Digital Library</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Qatar Digital Library</b> (<b>QDL</b>) is a bilingual online library which was launched as a joint venture by a partnership consisting of <a href="Qatar_Foundation" title="Qatar Foundation">Qatar Foundation</a>, <a href="Qatar_National_Library" title="Qatar National Library">Qatar National Library</a> and the <a href="British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a> in October 2014. QDL comprises one of the largest online collections of historic records on the <a href="Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> countries.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>Qatar Digital Library was first announced in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-gulf-times1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gulf-times1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The starting budget was reported as £8.7 million.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The partnership sought to digitize a rich trove of heritage material documenting Arab and Islamic history and to make it freely accessible to the public through the QDL, which was launched online in October 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The launch of the QDL's website marked the first phase of its launch. On 19 January 2015, the second phase of the QDL was commenced and is expected to last until December 2018. The second phase will witness the digitization of 1,125,000 pages of historical documents.<sup id="cite_ref-gulf-times1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gulf-times1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The website was designed and built by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cogapp.com">Cogapp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has won multiple awards.<sup id="cite_ref-userexperienceawards.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-userexperienceawards.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2></div>

<p>The digital library, with an English and Arabic bilingual interface, encompasses a total of 500,000 pages of items held by the British Library pertaining to the history of the <a href="Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> region. Some 475,000 pages, dating from the mid 18th century to 1951, are from the <a href="India_Office_Records" title="India Office Records"> India Office Records and Private Papers</a> (including the archives of the East India Company and its successor institutions); and 25,000 pages are of <a href="Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval</a> and modern <a href="Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> and <a href="English_language" title="English language">English</a> <a href="Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscripts.</a><sup id="cite_ref-El-Sayed_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-El-Sayed-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Teller_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Teller-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the pages are numerous photographs, maps, and drawings.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The British Library and QNL will both hold copies of the digital collection; however, after the completion of the digitization (originally estimated as the end of 2014), the QNL will assume responsibility for the hosting and further development of the QDL portal.<sup id="cite_ref-El-Sayed_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-El-Sayed-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Teller_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Teller-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The British Library’s collection contains over 500 Arabic scientific manuscripts, of which 205 were digitalised in the first two phases of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first phase included manuscripts from <a href="Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, <a href="Hippocrates" title="Hippocrates">Hippocrates</a>, <a href="Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a>, as well as <a href="Theodosius_of_Bithynia" title="Theodosius of Bithynia">Theodosius of Bithynia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second phase was completed in July 2019 and consisted of 125 manuscripts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>As of 2021, 2 million pages of historical and cultural heritage materials were digitalized in the QDL. Since the QDL began in 2014 there were more than 1.9 million users registered worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_projects">Similar projects</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Unlocking_Our_Sound_Heritage" title="Unlocking Our Sound Heritage">Unlocking Our Sound Heritage</a> – UK project for digitising project for audio archival material</li>

<li><a href="Unlocking_Film_Heritage" title="Unlocking Film Heritage">Unlocking Film Heritage</a> – UK project for digitising audiovisual archival material</li>

<li><a href="Endangered_Archives_Programme" title="Endangered Archives Programme">Endangered Archives Programme</a> - British Library programme for preserving cultural heritage</li>

<li><a href="Theatre_Archive_Project" title="Theatre Archive Project">Theatre Archive Project</a> – for British theatre history</li>

<li><a href="World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library">World Digital Library</a> – Library of Congress<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://qdl.qa">Official website</a></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Qatar_Foundation_مؤسسة_قطر339" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Qatar_Foundation" title="Qatar Foundation"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Qatar Foundation مؤسسة قطر </span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#333333; background:#B5C9C5;"><a href="Qatar_Foundation#Education" title="Qatar Foundation">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Academic Bridge Program</li>

<li><a href="Carnegie_Mellon_University_in_Qatar" title="Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar">Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="Georgetown_University_in_Qatar" title="Georgetown University in Qatar">Georgetown University in Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="Hamad_Bin_Khalifa_University" title="Hamad Bin Khalifa University">Hamad Bin Khalifa University</a></li>

<li><a href="HEC_Paris" title="HEC Paris">HEC Paris in Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="Northwestern_University_in_Qatar" title="Northwestern University in Qatar">Northwestern University in Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="Qatar_Academy" title="Qatar Academy">Qatar Academy</a></li>

<li>Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies</li>

<li><a href="Texas_A%26M_University_at_Qatar" title="Texas A&M University at Qatar">Texas A&M University at Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="Virginia_Commonwealth_University_-_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar">Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="Weill_Cornell_Medical_College_in_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar">Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Innovation_Summit_for_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="World Innovation Summit for Education">World Innovation Summit for Education</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#333333; background:#B5C9C5;"><a href="Qatar_Foundation#Science_and_Research" title="Qatar Foundation">Science and research</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="QScience" class="mw-redirect" title="QScience">QScience</a></li>

<li>Qatar BioBank</li>

<li>Qatar Biomedical Research Institute</li>

<li>Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center</li>

<li><a href="Qatar_Computing_Research_Institute" title="Qatar Computing Research Institute">Qatar Computing Research Institute</a></li>

<li>Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute</li>

<li>Qatar Green Building Council</li>

<li><a href="Qatar_National_Research_Fund" title="Qatar National Research Fund">Qatar National Research Fund</a></li>

<li><a href="Qatar_Science_%26_Technology_Park" title="Qatar Science & Technology Park">Qatar Science & Technology Park</a></li>

<li>Qatar Solar Technologies</li>

<li><a href="Sidra_Medical_and_Research_Center" title="Sidra Medical and Research Center">Sidra Medical and Research Center</a></li>

<li>Translation and Interpreting Institute</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#333333; background:#B5C9C5;"><a href="Qatar_Foundation#Community_development" title="Qatar Foundation">Community development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Al_Shaqab" title="Al Shaqab">Al Shaqab</a></li>

<li><a href="Baraem" title="Baraem">Baraem</a></li>

<li>Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development</li>

<li><a href="Mathaf_Arab_Museum_of_Modern_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art">Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art</a></li>

<li><a href="QatarDebate" title="QatarDebate">QatarDebate</a></li>

<li>Qatar Diabetes Society</li>

<li><a href="Qatar_National_Library" title="Qatar National Library">Qatar National Library</a></li>

<li>Qatar Music Academy</li>

<li><a href="Qatar_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra">Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra</a></li>

<li>QF Radio</li>

<li>Qur’anic Botanic Garden</li>

<li><a href="Reach_Out_To_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Reach Out To Asia">Reach Out To Asia</a></li>

<li>Stars of Science</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#333333; background:#B5C9C5;"><a href="Qatar_Foundation#Joint_ventures" title="Qatar Foundation">Joint ventures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bloomsbury_Qatar_Foundation_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing">Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing</a> (defunct)</li>

<li>Fitch Qatar</li>

<li><a href="Hamad_Bin_Khalifa_University_Press" title="Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press">HBKU Press</a></li>

<li>MEEZA</li>

<li>Qatar MICE Development Institute</li>

<li><a href="Qatar_National_Convention_Centre" title="Qatar National Convention Centre">Qatar National Convention Centre</a></li>

<li>RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (defunct)</li>

<li><a href="Vodafone_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vodafone Qatar">Vodafone Qatar</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#333333; background:#B5C9C5;">Key people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Moza_bint_Nasser" title="Moza bint Nasser">Moza bint Nasser</a></li>

<li><a href="Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" title="Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani</a></li>

<li>Mohammad Fathy Saoud</li>

<li><a href="Hind_bint_Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" title="Hind bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Hind bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#333333; background:#B5C9C5;">Projects and legacies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Education_City" title="Education City">Education City</a></li>

<li><a href="Msheireb_Downtown_Doha" title="Msheireb Downtown Doha">Msheireb Downtown Doha</a></li></ul>

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