<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class="">3rd International Scientific Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><b class="">Knowledge is Power / Η ΓΝΩΣΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΥΝΑΜΗ</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">University of Cyprus (Nicosia), November 2-4, 2016</span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The 3rd International Scientific Conference of the <a href="http://www.sylviaioannoufoundation.org/" class=""><b class="">Sylvia Ioannou Foundation</b></a> in collaboration with the <b class=""><a href="https://www.ucy.ac.cy/en/" class="">University of Cyprus</a> </b>will be held on <b class="">November 2-4, 2016</b> in Cyprus, on the occasion of the Inauguration of the <a href="https://www.ucy.ac.cy/techsrv/en/building-facilities/university-campus/projects-under-construction/20-en-articles/top-menu/building-facilities/136-learning-resource-centre-stelios-ioannou" class="">¨<b class="">Stelios Ioannou" Learning Resource Centre</b></a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Presentations of significant European and American libraries will highlight the achievements of Library Science, while the challenges and prospects related to different models of Open Libraries, will be investigated during a roundtable discussion, with the participation of international experts and audience members.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The multifaceted nature and function of maps and charts as repositories of knowledge and power will be revealed during three sessions based on unpublished manuscript cartographical materials (both Western and Ottoman) from the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation collection: </div><div class=""><b class="">a luxurious portolan atlas of the Mediterranean</b>, made by G. B. Cavallini in 1635; <b class="">an anonymous Ottoman portolan chart of the Mediterranean</b> in ink and watercolours, from the 17th-18th century; <b class="">a map of Cyprus</b>, drawn and annotated by a French traveller after A. Drummond in the 18th century; and one of the twenty-three known surviving manuscripts, <i class="">with</i> text, of the <b class=""><i class="">Kitab-ı Bahriye</i></b> by Piri Reis.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Conference website: </b><a href="http://sylviaioannoufoundation.org/3rd-international-conference/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;" class="">here</a><b class=""> </b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span>& <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><b class="">Preliminary Programme: <a href="http://sylviaioannoufoundation.org/3rd-international-conference/04.programme.html" class="">here</a></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Conference communication video: <a href="https://player.vimeo.com/video/165422984?autoplay=1" class="">here</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For registration or further info please click <a href="http://sylviaioannoufoundation.org/3rd-international-conference/06.gen_info.html" class="">here</a> or any questions can be sent to <a href="mailto:info@sylviaioannoufoundation.org" class="">info@sylviaioannoufoundation.org</a>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dimitris Stefanou</div><div class=""><i class="">Conference Representative</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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