HIAA: Historians of Islamic Art Association.  The society offers information about exhibitions and conferences on its website; available at: http://www.historiansofislamicart.org/

IQSA: International Qurʾanic Studies Association.  The consultation aims at the foundation of an independent learned society for scholars of the Quran in 2015; its website is available at: http://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/

ISAP: International Society for Arabic Papyrology.  The society maintains inventories of Arabic documents and important collections on its website; available at: http://www.ori.uzh.ch/isap.html

MELA: Middle East Librarians’ Association. The association’s website provides access to pdf-files of the MELA Notes and a “Tool Box” page providing help with calendar conversion, transliteration, and cataloging; available at: http://www.mela.us/

MELCom International: The European Association of Middle East Librarians.  The association’s website tracks digitized collections and finding aids, while providing resources for cataloging; available at: http://www.melcominternational.org/

SHARP: Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing.  The international organization is devoted to global book history and print culture, and its website provides links to collections, research tools, and exhibitions; available at: http://www.sharpweb.org/index.php

TIMA: The Islamic Manuscript Association.  The international non-profit organization is an affiliated project of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge. The website offers non-members access to its newsletter; available at: http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/

Dagmar A. Riedel

Last updated, 16 July 2014