Karl R. Schaefer (Drake University)

Submitted: Fri, 5 May 1995 ; updated 24 November 1996		
 
Karl R. Schaefer, Dr.
Reference Librarian	
Cowles Library
Drake University
2507 University Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311
                            
Phones:   (515) 271-2924 (Work)
          (515) 255-0529 (Home)
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Email:    ks106ir@acad.drake.edu

Near Eastern Librarianship; Arabic and Persian Manuscripts; Arabic and
Persian Manuscript Cataloguing. Arabic block prints. Medieval Muslim
urbanization. Near Eastern history. Arabic Language and LIterature. Hebrew
language. 

Published articles on: Foxing (paper discoloration) in
Conservation Administration Newsletter; "The Scheide tarsh: an example of
early Arabic block printing," in Princeton University Library Chronicle. 

I am currently engaged in a project to identify and develop a typology of
known examples of eary Arabic printing.