The Annual Egyptological Bibliography.

The Annual Egyptological Bibliography is a standard reference work which
has proved its value to Egyptology during the near half-century of its
existence. The support expressed by those of you who have written to the
Board of Leiden University, and for which we are very grateful, has made
this quite clear, and it has produced a tangible result. 

The basic formal precondition for the AEB's continued existence, a transfer
from the Department of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of Leiden
University to the Netherlands Institute for the Near East, has now taken
place. Unfortunately, there remain financial obstacles to overcome. The
current funding is not sufficient to provide for staff consisting of two
Editors (one full-time, one part-time), and additional resources of some
Hfl. 15,000 ($ 7,500) must be found annually to resolve this problem. The
continued existence and the possibility of further improvement of the
Annual Egyptological Bibliography are still at stake, but we are confident
that with the help of all Egyptologists and Egyptological institutions this
difficulty will be resolved.

The Annual Egyptological Bibliography has been going through a rather
difficult period in the past few years. A new radical start is, however,
being made. The first part of a volume covering the years 1988-91 will be
published in the course of 1994. The next "standard" volume, containing
Egyptological titles for 1992, will also appear before the end of 1994 or
very early in 1995. From then on, the AEB will appear regularly every year.
(The second part of the volume for the years 1998-91 is planned, but its
publication date has not yet been fixed.)

In order to improve the financial situation, the price of the individual
volumes will, unfortunately, have to be increased to about Hfl. 120 (about
$ 60). Every effort will be made to keep the price at this level for
several years. Individual members of the International Association of
Egyptologists who order the AEB direct from the Editor will continue to
receive a 40% discount. We should like to stress the importance of
increasing the number of individual subscriptions because this is the most
effective way Egyptologists can help the project.

At present, a number of institutions generously support the Annual
Egyptological Bibliography by annual donations. These are:

Aegyptologisk Institut, Copenhagen
Brown University, Providence
Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Cairo
Egypt Exploration Society, London
Ex Oriente Lux, Leiden
Fondation Schiff Giorgini, Geneva
Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Oosters Genootschap in Nederland, Leiden
Oriental Institute, Chicago 
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Schweizerisches Institut, Cairo
Societe francaise d'Egyptologie, Paris
University of Liverpool
University Museum, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Vitterhets Akademie, Stockholm
Yale University, New Haven

The help of these enlightened institutions has been essential in the past
and will be even more important in future. We hope that they will continue,
and if possible increase, their support. We should like to ask other
institutions to join them. The loss of the Annual Egyptological
Bibliography would be a tremendous loss for Egyptology. It is up to all of
us, Egyptologists and Egyptological institutions, to ensure that this
important reference tool continues to be compiled and published.

Dr. Jaromir Malek (Chairman of the AEB Committee)
Drs. Louis M. J. Zonhoven, Drs Willem Hovestreydt (AEB Editors)
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Wildung (President of the IAE)
Prof. Dr J. de Roos (Director of the Netherlands Instituut voor het Nabije
Oosten)

Notice for subscribers to the AEB:

The International Association of Egyptologists and the Netherlands
Institute for the Near East, Leiden, as joint publishers of the Annual
Egyptological Bibliography, wish to inform new individual subscribers that
members of the International Association of Egyptologists are entitled to a
40% reduction on the full retail price of the volumes of the Annual
Egyptological Bibliography. The full retail price is Hfl. 120 per volume,
the reduced price for individual IAE members is Hfl. 72 (plus postage and
packing). Every effort will be made to keep the price of the AEB unchanged
at the present moderate level for at least the next four volumes.

Subscription form:

I wish to subscribe to the Annual Egyptological Bibliography at the reduced
price. I am a member of the International Association of Egyptologists and
so I am entitled to a 40% reduction on the full retail price.

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(Please send this form to The Annual Egyptological Bibliography,
Netherlands Institute for the Near East, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The
Netherlands.)