{"id":2001,"date":"2020-11-06T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/akdc\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2020-11-06T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:42:12","slug":"what-was-new-and-who-was-using-archnet-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/akdc\/2020\/11\/06\/what-was-new-and-who-was-using-archnet-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"What was new and who was using Archnet in October?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/media_contents\/643920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2003 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Close-to-Home-300x228.png\" alt=\"Screen capture from Close to Home: Al-Khimyah\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Close-to-Home-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Close-to-Home.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>58,272 users visited Archnet between October 1 and October 31, viewing a total of 286,946 pages, watching 140 videos, downloading 7,820 publications, and conducting 7,556 searches. The most-watched video was <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/media_contents\/643920\"><em>Close to Home: Al-Khimyah<\/em><\/a>, written and directed by <\/span>Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, and revealing how a pile of rubble in <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/5328\">Cairo<\/a> became <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/sites\/5003\">Al-Azhar Park<\/a>, a 30-acre green space with <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/sites\/5461\">lakes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/media_contents\/46104\">fountains<\/a> in the heart of the historic city, and its impact of the lives of residents in the area. \u00a0The most downloaded publication continues to be <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/publications\/7070\"><em>Charles Correa<\/em><\/a>, a survey of <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/9\">the architect<\/a>&#8216;s early work. You can find a list of the most popular resources at <span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/pages\/topstats\">http:\/\/archnet.org\/pages\/topstats<\/a>, updated monthly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Users continue to visit Archnet from around the globe. In fact, the three countries that sent the most users to Archnet are located on three different continents: India, the United States, and Turkey, in that order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2002\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2002\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2002\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Thumbnails of cover images for Archnet Resources\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Resources-added-in-October-20.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resources added in October 2020<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">44 new resources were published in October. These include resources from an ongoing project documenting the <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/collections\/1838\">Built Heritage for Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/media_contents\/134912\">postcards of Oran<\/a> in the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, articles on using <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/publications\/14230\">Islamic art for teaching mathematics<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/publications\/14228\">vocational training guide<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/collections\/54\">Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme<\/a> (AKHCP) a new book on <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/publications\/14226\">public and private spaces<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/3724\">Jeddah<\/a>, Saudi Arabia, and authority entries on a <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/350\">Swedish architect<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/7144\">French structural engineer<\/a>, designers of structures in Kuwait and Algeria respectively, and a 34 min film, <a href=\"http:\/\/archnet.org\/media_contents\/643922\">Let The Beauty We Love Be What We Do<\/a>, surveying the work of the AKHCP in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Syria, and Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As the global Covid virus pandemic enters a second wave, Archnet will continue to provide you with resources for studying the built environment of Muslim societies that can be accessed in the classroom or at home. Moreover, we are looking for ways to enhance and expand access, so keep an eye out for developments in the coming months. Please, also, contact us with suggestions, recommendations, or materials you&#8217;d like to share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postscript:<\/strong> This piece was written about Archnet in October, but 14 new resources have been published since! You can always see what is newly available on Archet since your last visit by using the Date Published rule, all illustrated below. You can indicate a beginning and end date, or you can simply leave the second box blank to see all that has been published since the date in the first box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2004 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published-1024x322.png\" alt=\"Screen shot of the date published search\" width=\"625\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published-1024x322.png 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published-768x242.png 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published-624x196.png 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Date-Published.png 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>58,272 users visited Archnet between October 1 and October 31, viewing a total of 286,946 pages, watching 140 videos, downloading 7,820 publications, and conducting 7,556 searches. 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