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Introduction
The Kuwait University Libraries Administration (KULA) supervises the
administrative and technical aspects concerning the university libraries
and is considered a basic center for academic and research activities at
Kuwait University.
The technical divisions handle the
centralized acquisitions and cataloging processes, whereas the libraries
provides information services to the
university colleges.
Mission
The
mission of the Kuwait University Libraries (KUL) is to provide and promote
access to information in all formats in support of academic programs and
scholarly research at the university in addition to meeting the
information needs of the local community with
co-ordination with scientific departments in the university colleges.
The Collections
Kuwait
University Libraries collection contains approximately
267,912 titles /
393,563
volumes of Arabic and non-Arabic monographs, 1233 original manuscripts and
14,885 manuscripts on microfiche/microfilm, reference materials,
dissertations and reports in different branches of knowledge. KUL subscribes to
64 databases and E-Books - contain 10,000 Titles in
various feilds - 2522
scientific periodicals.
.In addition, the
audio-visual collection consists of approximately 20,000 items,
Manuscripts collection consists of approximately 1273 original and
16,607
copy.
Kuwait University Libraries
Administration follows international classification system : Library of
Congress (LC) and Dewey Decimal System.
The
Online Catalog (OPAC)
Currently, the library catalog includes bibliographic records for
the Arabic and foreign books and periodicals of all disciplines. Item information and copy’s locations are
being updated.
The researcher can locate the titles available in all
libraries.
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Arabic Interface
