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The '''Iraqi Virtual Science Library''' is an Iraqi [[Virtual Library]] providing [[Iraq]]i [[academics]] with access to recourses via the internet. The library, launched in May 2006, providesinitially provided access to more than one million articles from 17,000 electronic journals and other resources.<ref name="leadc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15066209_ITM|title=University of Maryland Scientist Leads Creation of Virtual Science Library for Iraq|accessdate=2008-09-09|year=2006-05-01|work=AScrive Science News Service}}</ref> Access to this knowledge is considered vital for the rebuilding of Iraq as it will improve the curriculum which suffered under [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime.<ref name="consv">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/14367.html|title=Virtual Library Gives Iraqi Scientists Access to Valuable Knowledge|accessdate=2008-09-09|year=2006-05-04|author=Steven Donald Smith|work=The Conservative Voice}}</ref> The library is part of the overall plan to improve access to information in Iraq.<ref name="reb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5506655|title=Rebuilding Iraqi Science|accessdate=2008-09-09|publisher=NPR|year=2006-06-23}}</ref><ref>Iraqi Libraries and Archives in Peril: Survival in a time of Invasion, Chaos, and Civil Conflict, A Report http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10241</ref>

The library's creation was spearheaded by a group of [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) fellows<ref>AAAS News Release Virtual Library Offers Reams of Data—and Hope—to Embattled Iraqi S&T Community http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/0509iraq.shtml</ref>, including D.J. Patil, a scientist from the [[University of Maryland, College Park]],<ref name="djp">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16128559_ITM|title=University of Maryland Scientist Spearheads Creation of Iraqi Virtual Science Library|accessdate=2008-09-09|year=2006-07-01|work=Computers in Libraries}}</ref> in connection with [[JSTOR]].<ref name="jst">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18585010_ITM|title=JSTOR Teams up with Iraqi Virtual Science Library|accessdate=2008-09-09|year=2006-09-01|work=Information Today}}</ref><ref name="footh">{{cite journal | author=Michael Baumann| title=Iraq Gets a Foothold in Cyberspace| journal=Information Today| year=2006| volume=23| issue=7| page=1-46| url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1043186788.html}}</ref>

The library was funded in part by the US [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].<ref name="rec">{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1086404211.html|title=Iraqi Educators Reconnect via Virtual Library|accessdate=2008-09-09|year=2006-07-01|work=International Educator}}</ref>

The [[U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation]] (CRDF) has managed the Iraqi Virtual Science Library following its official launch in May 2006. Continued funding has been provided by the US [[Department of State]] and the US [[Department of Energy]]<ref>CRDF Fact Sheet: Iraqi Virtual Science Library: http://www.crdf.org/factsheets/factsheets_show.htm?doc_id=676089</ref>

In 2008, the Iraqi Virtual Science Library was expanded to provide access to all public universities in Iraq and a handful of Iraqi Ministries that are key to reconstruction efforts and future development.

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