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The first university library

Established in 1377 H / 1957 concomitant with the establishment of the university

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The number of university libraries

18 Libraries, in addition to branches outside the Riyadh region.

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Deanship of libraries affairs

Established in 1394 H / 1974. Supervises all libraries affairs

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 The current number of university libraries in Riyadh

Central library + 7 branches (2 for girls + 4 medical libraries + 1 community library)

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 The current departments, sections and units of the Deanship

9 departments and 27 sections.

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The current employees

176 specialists, experts, professionals, technicians and personnel.

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Technical systems and standards

Open Shelves, open-AACR2- Dewey Decimal classification – MARC Format.

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The total holdings

874,971 titles  in  2,065,863 volumes

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Information Technology

Automated System

 Electronic resources

Network infrastructure

Migrated to the new  Unicorn library system (the former system was  Dobis /Libis)

Subscribing to the 27 database (abstracts and full texts)

726- network  access points in Central and branch libraries

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Users of the University Libraries

 (about 64.000 students, faculty members, employees) + interested public (from outside the university).