The Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) acquires microform copies of unique, rare, and unusually bulky or expensive research material pertaining to the field of Middle Eastern studies. It also preserves deteriorating printed and manuscript scholarly materials.

The geographic coverage of MEMP includes materials from or on the Arab countries--Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia--and related areas that other cooperative microform projects don't cover.

The Middle East Librarians Association established MEMP in 1987.

Since its inception, MEMP has acquired approximately 100 newspaper titles in Arabic, Turkish, and English, including a large collection of Sudanese and Turkish papers. Other projects include the microfilming of a large pamphlet file of materials on the Middle East at the Library of Congress and the microfilming of the Cosro Chaqeri Collection of Iranian Left-wing Materials. In cooperation with MEMP, Fawzy W. Khoury and Michelle Bates compiled the "Middle East in Microform: a Union List of Middle Eastern Microforms in North American Libraries" (University of Washington Libraries, 1992), a revised and expanded version of "National Union Catalog of Middle Eastern Microforms" (University of Washington Libraries, 1989).

Currently, MEMP has 26 institutional members.

Some MEMP microfilm is available for purchase.; for more information, see Microform Sales.

For questions or information about MEMP, contact simon [at] crl [dot] edu (James Simon).

Meeting Minutes and other information related to the ongoing work of MEMP may be found in the MEMP workspace.

The MEMP Workspace is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content. It is open only to MEMP Members. simon [at] crl [dot] edu (Contact) the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.