Anaïs Salamon

Maîtrise en sciences de l'information et de la documentation, Université Paris8, 2004
Maîtrise d'arabe moderne, Aix-Marseille Université, 1999
Licence d'arabe moderne, Aix-Marseille Université, 1997

Areas of Interest

Academic librarianship in the Middle East
Islamic and Middle East librarianship in the West
Islamic rare books & manuscripts

Morrice Hall, Room 109 3485 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E1

anais.salamon [at] mcgill.ca

Professional Activities

Past-Past-President of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) [2023-2024]
Member of the European Association of Middle East Librarians (MELCom) [2004-present]
Co-owner of the AuteursArabes listserv [2014-present]
Associate Editor of Aldébaran [2008-2020]
Scholarship Award from the French Foreign Affairs Ministry for advanced study at the French Institute of Near East (IFPO), Damascus, Syria (1999)

Selected Publications

Salamon, A. (2025). Lithography: Glimpse into the future of manuscripts tradition. In Doaa Nounou (Ed.) Golden Ink: A Journey through Arab and Islamic Manuscripts (pp.242-279). Milan: Skira Editore.

Salamon, A. (2023). Casey A. Wood’s Islamic manuscripts in the ��Թ� Libraries. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada: Rare Birds and Rare Books: Casey Albert Wood and the ��Թ� Libraries, 59(2023), 43-64. doi.org/10.33137/pbsc.v59i1.36635

Hussein Moustafa, L. & Salamon, A. (2022). In the Bubble: The Case of The Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Research in the Time of COVID-19, Journal of Library Administration, 62(3).doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2022.2043688

Atallah, M. & Salamon, A. (2020). Adapting Middle Eastern and Islamic studies librarianship to users’ changing needs. MELA Notes, 93, 12-31. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27028294

Salamon, A. (2016). Academic librarianship and coercion: a case study in the occupied Palestinian Territories. In Amanda Click and Sarah Ramdeen (Eds.), Librarianship and Information Sciences in the Middle-East and North Africa (pp. 62-85). Landsberg : IFLA De Gruyter Saur Verlag. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcgill/detail.action?docID=4595479

Salamon, A. (2015). Middle Eastern Studies Librarians: an ambivalent professional identity. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 41:5(September), 644-652. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2015.06.009

Salamon, A. (2014). ��Թ�’s Islamic lithographed books. In Jillian Tomm and Richard Virr (Eds.), Meetings with Books: Symposium on special collections in the 21st century. With a tribute to Raymond Klibansky & an illustrated survey of ��Թ� Library special collections (pp. 122-123). Montreal, QC: ��Թ� Library.

Salamon, A. (2014). ��Թ�’s Islamic early printed books. In Jillian Tomm and Richard Virr (Eds.), Meetings with Books: Symposium on special collections in the 21st century. With a tribute to Raymond Klibansky & an illustrated survey of ��Թ� Library special collections (pp. 170-171). Montreal, QC: ��Թ� Library.

Salamon, A. (2012). Satisfaire un public hétérogène en bibliothèque de recherche. Argus (Montréal, Quebec), 40(3), 35-37.

Selected Presentations

Salamon, A. (2021, March 26). La gestion des fonds anciens « islamiques » à l’Université ��Թ� (Montréal, QC, Canada) : entre pratiques traditionnelles et nouveaux défis. Paper presented at a research seminar offered by the Institute of Research and Study on the Arab and Islamic Worlds (IREMAM), Aix-en-Provence, France.

Salamon, A. (2019, November 13). Evaluating & improving the Middle East Librarians Association’s Mentorship Program. Paper presented at the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Salamon, A. (2018, September 10). An Introduction to the Arts of Bookmaking. Paper presented at the “Islamic Paleography and Codicology Workshop” co-organized by the Institute of Islamic Studies, the ��Թ� Islamic Studies Students Council, and the Islamic Studies Library, Montreal, QC.

Salamon, A. (2017, April 20). Islamic manuscripts: The Ivanov Collection. Paper presented at “The Eyes Have It: An Appreciation of Casey Wood’s Contribution to Ophthalmology, Ornithology & ��Թ� Library” Symposium, ��Թ� Rare Books and Special Collections, Montreal, QC.

Salamon, A. (2016, October 31). Transformer une bibliothèque de recherche en espace public et inclusif. Paper presented at the Congrès des Professionnels de l'Information, Montréal (Canada).

Salamon, A. (2015, July 9). Le Moyen-Orient en bibliothèque(s) : collecter comment et pour qui ?. Paper presented at the Groupement d’intérêt scientifique (GIS) Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans, Paris, France.

Salamon, A. (2014, March 14). What is an Islamic Studies Library?. Paper presented at the ��Թ� Institute of Islamic Studies 60^th Anniversary workshop “New approaches to World Islamic and Middle East Studies”.

Salamon, A. & Swanick, S. (2013, May 21). The Art of Writing in the Islamic World. Workshop hosted for the PACE (Personal and Cultural Enrichment Program), ��Թ� School of continuing Studies.

Salamon, A. (2012, June 5). 60 ans au service de la recherche en études islamiques : la bibliothèque d’études islamiques de ��Թ�. Paper presented at the MELCom International (European Association of Middle East Librarians) conference, Paris, France.