Interview with Magdy Madkour about the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Collection title

Collection Bibliotheca Alexandrina

ID

BIB00075

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

11/09/2009

Production year

2009

Abstract

Magdy Madkour, Head of Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute, Ain Shams University-Egypt, is talking about the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) project. On the 14th of December 2009, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina became a partner in the Encyclopedia of Life project .Dr Ismail Serageldin signed an MOU with James L. Edwards, Executive Director Encyclopedia of Life, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.8 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing databases and from contributions by experts and non-experts throughout the world. The project aims at documenting and listing all species present in the Arab region.

Type

video

Production companies

• Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Interview

Personalities

• Madkour Magdy

Primary theme

Biology

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Science

Credits / Cast

• Madkour Magdy - Speaker

Period of events

• 2009

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

English

Media running time

6m31