Noushafarin Ansari
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Noushafarin Ansari is a renowned Iran
ian librarian, educator and manager, born in Simla
, India
, in 1939.
and at the University of Toronto
. She worked as a librarian at the Delhi Public Library, and Tehran University Central library, and was Library Director at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at Tehran University. In 1962 she married Mehdi Mohaghegh
, a renowned Iranian university professor and scholar.
Noushafarin Ansari started teaching at the Faculty of Library and Information Science at Tehran University in 1968 and retired in 2000. Early in her career she joined the Children's Book Council of Iran, a non profit organization, and was elected Secretary General in 1978 to date; she has played a substantial role in the development of this organization. She was awarded the Iran National Book Award in 1988, was a keynote speaker at the 28th IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Congress in Basel Switzerland in 2002, and was nationally honored by the Society for the Appreciation of Cultural Works and Dignitaries in Tehran in 2004.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian librarian, educator and manager, born in Simla
Shimla
Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, in 1939.
Life
Her parents were diplomats; therefore she was exposed to many languages and cultures in Asia and Europe. In 1958-1960 she studied librarianship in Geneva, a discipline she continued at McGill UniversityMcGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
and at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. She worked as a librarian at the Delhi Public Library, and Tehran University Central library, and was Library Director at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at Tehran University. In 1962 she married Mehdi Mohaghegh
Mehdi Mohaghegh
Mehdi Mohaghegh, sometimes alternately transliterated Mahdi Muhaqqiq, is an Iranian scholar specializing in Persian literature, Islamic studies and philosophy....
, a renowned Iranian university professor and scholar.
Noushafarin Ansari started teaching at the Faculty of Library and Information Science at Tehran University in 1968 and retired in 2000. Early in her career she joined the Children's Book Council of Iran, a non profit organization, and was elected Secretary General in 1978 to date; she has played a substantial role in the development of this organization. She was awarded the Iran National Book Award in 1988, was a keynote speaker at the 28th IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Congress in Basel Switzerland in 2002, and was nationally honored by the Society for the Appreciation of Cultural Works and Dignitaries in Tehran in 2004.
Publications
- Views of European travellers about Sa'di and Hafiz", Proceedings of the International Congress on Sa'di and Hafiz, Shiraz, 1973.
- Western Libraries as described by Iranian travellers", Nashre Danesh, vol.3, no.4, 1983.
- Libraries and reading rooms in Iran", in Mahmoud Afshar Endowment Foundation Collection, 1987.
- Manuscripts and their organization in Iran", COMLIS Collected Papers, 1998.
- The right to books as a global commitment", Proceedings 28th IBBY Congress Basel, 2002. (English)
- Collected articles on books and librarianship. Tehran: Tous, 1975.
- Translation of "Introduction to the History of Muslim East", by Jean Sauvaget. University Press Center, 1987 (winner of 1988 Iran National Book Award).