Libraries:

Since the foundation of the University, a Central Library was established to supervise the operation of the specialized branch libraries, organize library services, supply the branch libraries with references and periodicals, equip these libraries technically in order to maximize their services for faculty, researchers, and students, and update these libraries constantly in a way that guarantees a better performance and keep abreast of new developments in library science.

The holdings of the Central Library, the faculty libraries, and the University centers total 60,214 , and the numbers of periodicals are 468 distributed as shown in the table below:

 

Library

No. of

Arabic

books

No. of

foreign

 books

No. of periodicals

Total

Central Library

12660

4549

31

17240

Arts

11192

4417

53

15662

Sciences

1483

3798

41

5322

Agriculture

1727

1111

50

2888

Economics

6286

1760

30

8076

Medicine

820

1259

66

2145

Pharmacology

142

144

32

318

Civil Engineering

1013

1570

37

2620

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

2009

1342

35

3386

Architecture

497

770

19

1286

Nursing

38

64

-

102

Language Institute

87

565

35

687

Bassil Al-Assad’s Center for Electronic computing

109

527

21

657

Marine Research Institute

78

197

18

293

Total

38141

22073

74

60682