The ancient lands of the Armenians comprehended a great variety
of borders and fostered millennia-long mutual influences to and
from the lands which surrounded it. Additionally, the diaspora
of the Armenian people is centuries old and is far flung. One of
the 15 federated republics of the Soviet Union through-out most
of the twentieth century, Armenia declared its independence in
1991. 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 Armenian life and culture. They originate both in the Republic
of Armenia as well as in the various communities of the Armenian
Diaspora. All are either English language alone or bi- or trilingual
lingual, unless noted in an annotation which follows. Many sites
offer down-loadable Armenian and Russian fonts to make them easily
accessible. For a variety of reasons, the links to Armenia and
the NIS countries in general are often 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 Armenia, consult the Armenia
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.) concerning relations between the United
States and the Republic of Armenia, as well as the interests
of the Armenian-American community.
Libraries and archives both in Armenia and the Diaspora as well
as Armenian library associations are included in this list.
American Memory (The Library of Congress) (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
The Library of Congress' American Memory 'is gateway to rich primary
source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The
site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.' A
search under "Armenia" will yield a relatively small but nonetheless
important selection of digitized manuscript materials, photographs, maps, and
audio recordings from the Library's collections.
Armenia House (http://www.armenianhouse.org/)
The non-profit 'ArmenianHouse.org is an electronic library featuring a
huge collection of documents on Armenian literature, history, religion and anything
else Armenia-related.' While the home page is trilingual (English, Armenian
and Russian) texts are available in Armenian and Russian. The purpose is to provide
an electronic library of the full range of Armenian literature while helping
young authors publish electronically.
Armenian Architecture
(Rensselaer Architecture Library) (http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/ArmArch/)
Select photographs of important Mediaeval Armenian architecture from the extensive
set of microfiche prepared by Prof. Vazken L. Parsegian are reproduced in this
page maintained by the Rennsselaer Architecture Library.
Armenian Library & Museum of America (http://www.almainc.org/)
The website of ALMA, a museum and library located in Watertown, Massachusetts,
and dedicated to Armenian life and culture, provides information about its collections
and services. An online catalog of its holdings is now in preparation.
Armenian Library Association (http://www.ala.nla.am)
The Armenian Library Association's official website, in English, offers
up-to-date information on all aspects of the structure and mission of this very
important organization which is dedicated to strengthening libraries throughout
Armenia and fostering cooperation between them and libraries through-out the
Caucasus and the world in general.
Armenian Library Consortium (http://www.libnet.am/index1.html)
Funded by the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), this ambitious and vital
undertaking is involved with making the contents of Armenia's libraries,
both bibliographic records and texts, available digitally to the world. Records
are in both English and in Armenian script using UNICODE. The project will eventually
have a catalog of Armenia's holdings, a union catalog of world holdings,
digitized texts, and other aspects of a modern digitized library.
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (http://www.armenian-patriarchate.org/)
The official English-language website of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
provides information about the Patriarchate's history, mission, structure,
library, and services.
Armenian Research Center (United States) (http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/)
Associated with the University of Michigan's campus in Dearborn, Michigan, 'The
Armenian Research Center was established for the documentation and the publication
of materials in the field of Armenian studies and affairs.' Its website
provides information on its structure, collections, services and outreach initiatives
as well as providing links to and information on various aspects of Armenian
scholarship.
Classical Armenian Literature (http://www.digilib.am/)
This website reproduces important Mediaeval Armenian textual materials. Fonts
for both PC and Macintosh are made available for downloading.
Electronic Library
Consortium of Armenia (http://www.elca.am/index.php?l=en&c=about&h=board)
'The main objective of ELCA is to ensure and extend access of organizations
in Armenia to constantly expanding international market of electronic scientific
publications on precise, natural sciences and humanities as well as regularization
and optimization of subscription terms for these resources. The Consortium was
set up with financial support from the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation)
and is a non-commercial alliance of legal entities which aims at bringing together
all non-commercial organizations in Armenia concerned with efficient and mutually-beneficial
use of electronic information sources accessible through telecom networks.' Its
English language homepage provides basic information about its membership and
programs.
Internet Access and Training Program (http://www.iatp.net/)
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."
Library of Congress
Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture Series (http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/nes/cty/cai/caivartc.html)
This page lists the renowned academic and political speakers who have presented
events at this long running lecture series sponsored by the Near East Section
of the Library of Congress; it is complemented by the texts and cybercasts of
a selection of these.
Library of
Congress/American Library Association Armenian Transliteration Table (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/armenian.pdf)
To successfully search Armenian 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.
Manuscript Division (The Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/)
With over 50,000,000 items in its collections, the Manuscript Division offers
researchers a great variety of primary sources. Among these for Armenian Studies,
for instance, are the papers of Henry Morgenthau, Sr. ambassador to the Ottoman
Empire during World War I, of American missionaries in the Ottoman Empire, and
of other renowned Americans, either in the government or private citizens.
Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (http://www.matenadaran.am)
This is the bilingual (Armenian and English) site of the manuscript library known
simply as The Matenedaran, located in Erevan, the capital of the Republic of
Armenia, the largest repository of ancient and mediaeval Armenian manuscripts
in the world. The site describes, among other headings, collections, programs,
fund-raising initiatives and information for scholars who need to use its resources.
Mekhitarist Congregations (Vienna, Venice) (http://www.mekhitarist.org/)
Haygazian University, founded in l955 by the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches
in the Near East (UAECNE) and the Armenian Missionary Association of America
(AMAA), is an Armenian institution of higher learning located in Beirut, Lebanon.
Its website, in English, offers complete information about its mission, courses,
and activities.
National Library of Armenia (http://www.nla.am)
The official website of the National Library of Armenia, located in Yerevan,
provides information in English, Armenian and Russian, about its collections,
services, programs, and exhibitions.
OACIS for the Middle East (http://www.library.yale.edu/oacis)
'OACIS for the Middle East (Online Access to Consolidated Information on
Serials) is a union list of serials from or about the Middle East. The mission
of OACIS is to improve access to Middle Eastern serials in libraries in the United
States, Europe, and the Middle East.' The site is fully searchable by title
and subject.
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.
Republican Scientific-Medical Library (Armenia) (http://www.medlib.am)
Located in Yerevan, Armenia, the 'Republican Scientific-Medical Library
(RSML) is the largest library, bibliographic and information services center
to the medical community of Armenia.' Its extensive official website, in
English, details its structure, services and catalogs and offers important links
to other electronic resources and news and information related to health and
medicine.
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. |