The Preservation of Documentary Heritage in the MENASA Region: The Role of the QNL

Stephane Ipert is the director of the distinctive collections (Heritage Library) in the Qatar National Library (QNL), a unique collection of rare books, manuscripts, maps and archival collections about Qatar and the Islamic world. Since 2015 the QNL is the IFLA PAC - Preservation and Conservation Center for Arabic countries and Middle East, (IFLA is the International Federation of Libraries Associations). Stephane has a background as conservator, art historian and lawyer. He is leading a regional project to counter documentary heritage trafficking in the MENASA region (Himaya) since 2021.