GENERAL INFORMATION
	COLLECTION BUILDING OPENING HOURS DEPARTMENTS LIBRARY OPENING HOURS: The library is open all week days except Sundays and vacations as follows:- Monday-Thursday, Saturday: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Friday: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Top of page BUILDING The "Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim" building of the current library was constructed in 1985 through a generous contribution from Alghanim Industries in Kuwait. An Annex of three floors has been added to the library in 2005. The library consists of Seven floors that are devided as follows:- Ground Floor: consists of current and bound periodicals, archive of news papers, periodicals hall, microforms room, photocopying services, staff areas, the Collection Development Department(Acquisitions and Periodicals). First Floor "A" (Main Entrance): consists of the Circulation desk, reference collection, thesis room, Users Services Department, reading area, online catalog, display room, English and Arabic cataloging, cloakroom. First Floor "B" (Main Entrance): consists of the Video room, magazines and daily newspapers, group study area. Second floor "A": Houses the book collection in science, medicine and agriculture from letter Q to S, reading hall, special Collections, UNESCO publications, World Bank publications, Rare Books, Library administration and a meeting room. Second floor "B": Houses the book collection in Fine Arts and Applied and Naval Sciences, bibliographies and library science from letter T to Z and letter N, reading area. Third floor "A": Houses the book collection on Humanities and Social Sciences from letter A to M, conference and meeting room, research carrels, staff lounge, reading area. Third floor "B": Houses the book collection on Languages and literature from letter P to PZ, reading area. Top of page COLLECTION The books and material at the library are basically in Arabic or English with limited books or material in other languages. Approximately 60% of the collection is in English. Collection Specifics: Approximately 139805 books (Arabic & English) 1677 periodical titles, of these 316 are current subscriptions (Arabic & English). Microforms: microfilms & microfiche on a variety of materials including indexes and back issues of older major Arabic newspapers Documents and special collections on Palestine affairs. Ten years back issues for the four major local Arabic newspapers: al-Ayyam, al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Quds, al-Ittihad Audio-visual aids: projector, DVD Player, television, video and microforms monitors. The Main Library is a depository library for the UNESCO publications since 1979. The collection were cataloged and classified according to AACR2 cataloging rules and Library of Congress classification system; they are among other library collection. The Pamphlets are kept in a special room on the second floor, to use any of these please ask the special collection staff for assistance. Top of page DEPARTMENTS The Library has four departments to help provide users with the needed services. Library Administration: Responsible for the over-all operation of the library. Please contact Diana Sayej-Naser if you have any questions about library services, policies or procedures. dsayej@birzeit.edu Collection Development: Responsible for ordering books, materials and periodicals and for developing the library collection. Please contact Taghreed Shehadeh if you have any questions about the library collection. Tboutros@birzeit.edu Click here to check for periodical services Cataloging and Special collections: Responsible for cataloging and classifying all of the books and materials in the library. Please contact Suhaila Abu-Gdeib with any questions about these services. Sabugdeb@birzeit.edu Users' Services Department: Responsible for assisting library patrons in finding needed information in both manual and automatic methods. Click here to check for Computer services Responsible for checking books and materials out of the library and ensuring the accurate shelving of all library materials. For more information, Please contact Mr. Labib Eid with any questions about these services. Leid@birzeit.edu Click here to check for Circulation services Top of page