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Computer Man College Library |
| Aims and Mission: |
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The library goal is to support the curriculum needs and to contribute to the quality of the overall learning experience of the College.
It is to serve as a gateway to sources of information vital for teaching and research achievement.
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| Background: |
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The library inception was in 1990 as an
integral and central component of the College. Being an academic library, its services are geared towards its immediate users,
namely faculty and students. |
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| Holdings: |
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The library holds diversified collection that covers the needs of research and teaching purposes of the College. The subject coverage includes: Computer science, Computer engineering, Information technology, Telecommunication, Architecture and Design, Creative multimedia, Knowledge engineering, Knowledge management, GIS / RS (Geo-informatics) and Electronic engineering.
The books stock amounts to 14000 volumes representing 1500 titles and it holds about 925 graduation projects and 30 journal titles.
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| Location and Space: |
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The library is housed in the third floor on the west side of the College building. Its area is 250 squ./meter, seating
capacity is 250 chairs together with 20 reading tables. Shelving is of 20 shelves (single and double face). |
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| Remote Access to Information Resources: |
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Information resources are not limited to the in-house collection since the library has access to wider resources e.g. Encyclopedia of life science and support system (EOLSS) which is an electronic database of UNESCO. INTERNET facility is available for all patrons for use free of charge. |
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| Reader's Services: |
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The library renders a wide range of services to satisfy user's needs. The services include users guidance, reference works, borrowing and photocopying. The library adopts open shelves policy to enable patrons to interact directly with the collection.
There is a reservation service for books on demand. Other services are in progress e.g current Awareness service (CAS) and Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI). |
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| Automation (LIS): |
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The library is using a Library Information System (LIS) known as WINISIS which is a UNESCO product.
WINISIS is an arabized and integrated system that accommodates all library operations. |
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| On-line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC): |
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All the library holdings are entered in the LIS as a bibliographic database.
Searching and browsing is accessible from within the Campus or remotely since the LIS is web-based.
OPAC has 3 access points available for searching, namely Author, Title and Subject. This Query capability is a user friendly one. |
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| Organization of Knowledge (Cat & Class): |
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The Library adopts Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) and library of the Congress List of Subject Headings as tools for processing material in English.
The Arabic equivalents of those tools are used for cataloging and classification of materials in Arabic. |
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