What are the sections in the central library?
1. Administration affairs Unit :
Is one of the important units in the Central Library, which is concerned with the management of personnel, accounts, administrative services, media and public relations. It includes the following units:
a. Media and Public Relations Unit:
The mission of this unit is to familiarize itself with the external and internal activities of the Library through the coordination with media, press / radio / television to cover the library's news.The unit also organizes national events and displays decorationsin addition to supervise and coordinate all seminars and conferences held within the library, as well as holding book fairs ,coordinating with Qatari and Arab publishing houses.
B. Binding Unit:
The task of this unit is to carry out the process of binding books, periodicals, special collections and restoration of materials that need maintenance. This unit has been equipped with all modern equipments.
2. Statistics and Sub-Libraries unit :
The task of this unit is to carry out monthly , weekly statistics, manpower reports, teacher evaluation, database and annual reports on all aspects of the library. As well as follow-up libraries colleges (sub-libraries). It includes the following units:
a. Statistics Unit:
The mission of this unit is to carry out monthly statistics, weekly statistics, manpower reports, teacher evaluation, database and annual reports on all aspects of the library.
B. Sub-Library Follow-up Unit:
The task of this unit is to follow up the sub-libraries and train their staff on the latest technologies in library management and provide them with scientific resources that exceed the need of the Central Library.
3. Automated Systems unit :
it's one of the important units in the library due to the large number of data ciculated in the library and information centers as well as the the procedures involved in processing this data. It includes the following units:
a. Automatic retrieval module:
The automated retrieval module enables students, researchers and teachers to quickly search using a sophisticated computer system for the resources they need and to dispense old catalog cards.
B. Internet Unit:
The Internet has contributed to the emergence of a new information environment in libraries and information centers. One of the tasks of this unit is to provide an Internet room that students, researchers and teachers can use.
4. Electronic Library Division:
Today, the world is experiencing a tremendous revolution and rapid and surprising developments in ICT and electronic publishing. These technologies have led to radical changes in the means of information preservation and circulation, as the scope of these developments and the growing volume of sources of electronic information in various forms. And the need for libraries and information centers to update their information and develop their holdings and services. As well as the diversity of the needs of researchers and scholars to obtain information rich and diverse in various parts of the world emerged a number of trends to keep pace with the information age and these trends the emergence of electronic libraries containing the various sources of information stored and comprehensive retrieval systems. Therefore, the Electronic Library Division is one of the modern divisions that the General Secretariat of the Central Library / Anbar University seeks to develop to meet the needs of researchers and the general public.
It includes the following units:
a. Arab Electronic Resources Unit.
B. English Electronic Resources Unit.
5. Supply Division:
Is responsible for the development of library holdings by providing the library with all forms of cultural and printed materials that researchers and scholars need, and to facilitate access as soon as possible, to benefit from the cultural materials available in the library in accordance with the library's philosophy and objectives:
Section Goals :
1. Developing the material selection process and developing library holdings.
2 - ensuring the achievement of library objectives and the service for researchers.
3 - Following up the latest versions and bestsellers in the world.
4. Cooperation in the field of cultural exchange with cultural bodies, research centers, libraries inside and outside Iraq, and the conclusion of fruitful agreements and follow-up to enrich library collections.
5. Taking care of quality in the acquisition of office materials.
6. To achieve a kind of language and subject matter, and to serve researchers and scholars.
It includes the following units:
a. Receiving Unit:
The task of this unit is to receive books and various sources of information that reach the library and record their information in a register of library holdings where the following information is recorded:
Book serial number in the library, title of the book, author of the book, place of publication, publishing house and year of publication.
B. Exchange and Deduction Unit:
The exchange is another important avenue for the development of library holdings. It is also an important means to achieve the objectives of the center. It is an agreement between the library and another destination, offering each other materials that are considered indispensable. During which access to office materials may not be obtained in other ways.
As for the gift, the gift is one of the tributaries of the important library, and the library gets a large number of collections, including hard to get through the purchase.