Membership

Membership

Members shall have the right to vote, hold office, and receive membership rates for conference fees, training workshops, publications, etc. There are three categories of membership:

Individual

Anyone joining TIMA should have a professional interest in Islamic manuscripts. Your application for membership should be supported by a present member of TIMA and they should be listed on your membership form. If you are not in a position to give the name of a supporting member, please attach a copy of your curriculum vitae.

Institutional

Any institution joining TIMA should nominate a senior member of staff to represent the institution at meetings and to receive written correspondence. In addition to this representative the institution may nominate up to four further members of staff to join TIMA. They should complete separate membership forms.

Corporate

Any company involved with consultancy, publishing or producing materials for work related to Islamic manuscripts may join as a corporate member.

Annual Membership Fees

The annual membership fees are set as follows in the constitution. However, at the present time the Board of TIMA have agreed to waive membership fees for all.

Groups and Sub-committees

There are four interest groups within TIMA: cataloguing, conservation, digitisation and publishing. Each group is directed by a sub-committee, the heads of whom are:

• Cataloguing: Mr. David Hirsch
  Chief Librarian, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture Heritage
• Conservation: Dr. Mandana Barkeshli
  Founder and Managing Director, Art and Identity
• Digitisation: Ms Carol Burrows
  Assistant Librarian (special collections: images and modern lit.), John Rylands Library, Manchester University
• Publishing: Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley
  Curator, Persian and Turkish Collections, British Library

Membership of each sub-committee is restricted to those experts working at a high level in the field who are committed to actively furthering the work of the group. Those who have been members of The Islamic Manuscript Association for at least one year are eligible to stand for election to a sub-committee.

Download Membership Form (PDF: 97 kB)