700 scholars invited to the Alexandria library inauguration

Ismail Serajeddin, Director of Alexandria library announced that more than 700 scholars have been invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of the library on 23 April 2002.

The guests include some Nobel Prize laureates. He added that celebrations of the inauguration will last for more than three days on both official and public levels, due to the large number of participants from various parts of the world.

Serajeddin asserted that the experimental inauguration of the library, under the auspices of Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, President of the Board of Trustees, has met a great success, and the number of visitors has exceeded 10,000, all of them praised the standard of services presented by the library.

He further said that a final experimental inauguration will be made two months prior to the formal inauguration, and during this period, some sections and services will be developed.