Faculty Lecturer, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University Montreal. Education Postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship, Polytechnic of North London (currently University of North London), 1977 MA, Oriental Philology, University of Krakow (Cracow), 1973 Teaching and research interests Arabic Manuscript Tradition; Arabic book culture; transmission of knowledge; palaeography and codicology Representative publications The Arabic manuscript tradition: a glossary of technical terms and bibliography - supplement. Leiden/Boston, E.J. Brill, 2008. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of McGill University: brief union catalogue. Montreal, McGill University Libraries, 2005 (Fontanus Monograph Series, XVII). The Arabic manuscript tradition: a glossary of technical terms and bibliography. Leiden/Boston, E.J. Brill, 2001. Arabic lithographed books in the Islamic Studies Library, McGill University: descriptive catalogue. Montreal, McGill University Libraries, 1996 (Fontanus Monograph Series, VII). Arabic manuscripts in the libraries of McGill University: union catalogue. Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 1991 (Fontanus Monograph Series, I). Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts in the library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. London: Islamic Publications, 1984-85. 2 vols. Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1981 (reprinted with corrections in 1985).