American Univesity of Beirut

​​The UL are happy to announce the “Pick of the Month" news series to highlight special items from the library collections.

To kick-off the series, we are highlighting an interesting and timely book entitled “Higher Education in the Arab World: Research and Development", published in 2022 and edited by Elias Baydoun (AUB alumnus and Faculty member), Adnan Badran, and John R. Hillman.

This is the 5^th book published by Springer Nature as part of a series called “Higher Education in the Arab World" sponsored by the University of Petra and organized by the Arab Academy of Sciences.

The book contains 18 chapters examining challenges and responses to the pandemic as well as proposed solutions for higher education and research in the Arab World post COVID-19.

A selection of the chapters is listed below:

• Managing Creativity on a Budget: The Future of Academic Research and Development in Lebanon Elie D. Al-Chaer AUB faculty member
• The Opportunities and Challenges Facing Arab Universities as Part of the International Community of Higher Education that Supports Economic Development Malcolm Parry
• Ups and Downs of Science and Technology Indicators in Arab Countries Adnan Badran, Serene Badran
• Measuring Knowledge Production in Arabic Using Arcif: Statistical Indicators and Impact Factor Najeeb Al-Shorbaji
• And much more

Researchers and readers can know more about the e-book and access the full text via the Library website: https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2626104~S1

For more access information and assistance, please contact Jafet Library by email: jftref@aub.edu.lb or on extension 2620. ​