Since remote antiquity nestled between the Black and Caspian
Seas on the majestic Caucasus mountain chain, the Republic of
Georgia today continues its centuries old relations with its
neighbors as it seeks to create new alliances. One of the 15
federated republics of the Soviet Union throughout most of the
twentieth century, Georgia declared its independence in 1991.
Its diverse population has since that event actively explored,
created and used the new electronic environment both to foster
their emerging democratic state and present themselves to the
world community. The sites listed in each category of this selective
portal page have been chosen for their utility in providing accurate
narrative (either brief or extensive) information, as well as
directories, extensive portal pages and other resources concerning
all aspects of Georgian life and culture. Most originate within
the confines of the Republic itself. All are either English language
alone or bilingual, unless noted in an annotation which follows.
Many sites offer down- loadable Georgian fonts to make them easily
accessible. For a variety of reasons, the links to Georgia and
the NIS countries in general often are inactive; we recommend
that you try again, should you not be successful in connecting.
For Library of Congress contact information and research and
bibliographic materials on Georgia, consult the Georgia
Country page of the Near East Section of the African and
Middle Eastern Division. See also the Library's
online catalog for books, and materials in other formats
held by the Library and the Library's Thomas
Legislative Information page for legislative materials, bills,
hearings, acts, etc.) on relations between the United States
and the Republic of. Finally, see also An
illustrated chapter on the Georgian collections for an illustrated,
historical analysis.
Libraries and archives in Georgia as well as library associations.
About
Georgia (http://members.tripod.com/ggdavid/georgia/index.htm)
This private, English language site constructed by David Mchedlishvili, who works
at the National Parliamentary Library, offers lively and accessible narratives,
graphics, and digitized sound recordings about a wide range of subjects relating
to Georgia.
Archives of the Georgian
Republic (1914-1958) (http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/hou01502frames.html)
The Archives of the Georgian Republic in Exile were lent to Harvard University
in 1978. After filming the entire collection, Harvard returned these extraordinarily
important documents to the government of the newly independent state. The present
site is an electronic finding guide to the materials in the filmed collection.
Initially Harvard and now the Near East Section of the Library of Congress as
well possess this collection.
Association of Information Specialists (Georgia) (http://www.ais.org.ge/)
‘AIS is a non governmental, non-profit organization. It is a national professional
association of librarians and information specialists in Georgia.' Its
bilingual (English and Georgian) homepage describes its history, its cooperative
activities with international library organizations such as IFLA and its domestic
programs and activities.
Georgian Library Association (http://www.gela.org.ge/index%5Fen.htm)
This bi-lingual site provides news about and the by laws, structure and journal
of the organization dedicated to fostering preservation of Georgian culture,
education, and knowledge through the maintenance of the health and development
of its libraries.
Internet Access and Training Program (http://www.irex.org/programs/iatp/)
IATP is a program for the countries of the U.S. Bureau of Education and Cultural
Affairs, U.S. Department of State, which is funded under the Freedom Support
Act and Administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
to help the post Soviet countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia ‘strengthen
indigenous institutions by providing US government program alumni and others
in Eurasia with free and open Internet access and training in the use of electronic
mail and the Internet." Their homepage, searchable by country, provides
links to important aspects and organizations in that country.
Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts (Georgia) (http://www.acnet.ge/manuscr.htm)
English language page mounted on the web site of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
which briefly describes the structure and services of this rich archive of the
Georgian manuscript tradition.
Library of
Congress/American Library Association Georgian Transliteration Table(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/georgian.pdf)
To successfully search Georgian language materials in the online catalogs of
the Library of Congress, you must use the system of Romanization adopted by the
Library and by the American Library Association. The chart presently in use is
given here in pdf format.
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (http://www.nplg.gov.ge)
This bilingual official site of the Georgian National Library (also named National
Parliamentary Ilia Chavchavadze Library of Georgia) provides, among basic information
about it, an online catalog and access to a digital library of Georgian texts.
Princeton University
Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not
only invaluable information about Princeton's programs and collections,
but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think
tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all
aspects of the discipline.
Sakartvelos Biblioteka (http://www.library.ge/)
This is the tri-lingual (Georgian, English, and Russian) home page of the journal
Sakartvelos Biblioteka (Georgian Library) which was' founded in 2000 by National
Parliamentary Library of Georgia and Georgian Library Association. Currently
this is a unique Georgian journal for bibliographers, library and Information
professionals, students and friends of books and libraries.' Both current and
archival issues are available.
UCLA
Library Collections & Internet Resources (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/)
The University of California Library Collections and Internet Resources in Middle
Eastern, Arab, Islamic, Armenian and Central Asian studies. |