How to link to a public library index?
✅ Links are currently present and are accessible by the library's public index icon.
Is prior reservation required to visit the Library?
✅ Individuals can visit the Library without booking a pre-appointment according to the work schedule shown on the site, and the authorities and schools must book a pre-appointment by Visit Request Service.
The extent to which extracts are obtained through various automated research?
✅ This work is related to the management of reference services based on the service of beneficiaries and beneficiaries. They can be contacted on phone number +(966)114186111 or fax +(966)114186222
What is the concept of the deposit system?
✅ The regular deposit means the existence of a system that obliges the publisher, stamp, or author to providethe National Library in the country free copies of the books he publishes free of charge, within a certain period specified by the system. Anyone who violates this system and takes the publication as a deposit number before it is published
How many copies do you need to deposit ?
✅ Two copies except for the university theses, one copy.
What's the point of applying the deposit system?
✅ Protecting the rights of authors and depositors.
What the system do you use to classify and index the Resource Information at the library?
✅ The system used by the King Fahad Library in the classification of its collections is the Dewey decimal edition,18 translated
by Fouad Ismail. The foreign section uses the 20th, 21st edition, except Islamic religion, Arabic language, Arabic literature and history.
Are the Resource indexed automatically or manually?
✅ Indexing in the department is done by filling out a programmed form that includes the bibliographic description of the book then stored in the computer The extractor is then reviewed and the title card works manually for the discrimination process.
What are the bibliographic control tools?
✅ The entries of Arab authors, the list of entries of bodies, a list based on Saudi authors,
lists of headings of Arab topics,and it is the list of Khazindar,the list of Shaaban Khalifa, the list of the Arab Organization for Education, Science and Culture, and other lists used by the division to classify the headings of topics.
I have research and I want to get articles related to it.
✅ This is done by: Filling out the form prepared at the Department of Studies and Reference Services Review the periodical department and ask for help from one of the department's employees to first search for the relevant periodicals and then review the catalogues of those periodicals to search for the subject in question.
Do you have a certain number of a certain patrol?
✅ This is done by referring to the library's periodical catalogue to confirm its existence.
I want to get an article by a specific writer in a certain periodical, but I don't know the exact number of the edition.
✅ You can search by the public Catalogue for the designated patrol and find the required article.
What materials does the audiovisual hall contain?
✅ Cassettes, videos, and some old records.
What old subjects are in the audiovisual hall?
✅ There are videos about King Abdul Aziz's visits to some Arab countries. There is also a video about Hajj at the time of King Abdul Aziz and there are videos about King Faisal's visits to some Arab and friendly countries.
What materials should be deposited?
✅ The deposit is subject to any intellectual or artistic work produced inside the Kingdom or printed abroadby Saudi publishers or authors including: books and brochures, university theses, documents, government publications , periodicals, daily newspapers, plans, manuscripts or pictures thereof, calendars.
What are the procedures for registering books?
✅1- The printing permit must be obtained from the Ministry of Information.
2- Fill out the application for the deposit number and attach a copy of the printing permit.
3- The indexing card is prepared during publication and delivered to the publisher in order to be printed at work.
What happens if the periodical stops being asked or their address is changed?
✅ If the periodical stops being issued, it still carries the same ISBN, and when the address changes, a new ISBN will be issued to it.
Is there an external loan?
✅ There is no external loan for books, but there is a photocopying service.
Does the library sell books and magazines?
✅ The library sells only the books and magazines that it publishes.
Is there a women's hall in the library?
✅ Yes, There is.
Is the library open on weekends?
✅ Yes, the opening hours on Fridays (4 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and Saturdays (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
When can the Library services be utilized on the World Wide Web?
✅ Services are now available through electronic services and the public Catalogue.
Does the library provide services for all categories and nationalities?
✅ Yes, the beneficiary must be at least 18 years of age.
Is the ministry limited to the kingdom only?
✅ No, the library serves the beneficiaries inside and outside the kingdom, whether Saudis or non-Saudis.
Are there vacancies?
✅ The Library is governed by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development and employment is carried out through the Ministry.
How many documents are in the library?
✅ More than Two Million documents.
Did you enter the documents on the computer?
✅ Some documents are entered in a document management device and not in the Library's public Catalogue.
