PALESTINE

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PALESTINE
Palestine

• Located in the middle east of Asia
• Population approximately 8 million
• Religious Holy places
• Agricultural country

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Libraries in Palestine

• University libraries 8 libraries
• Public libraries 12 libraries
• Special libraries 40 libraries
• School libraries 100s of libraries

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Birzeit University Library

• Established in 1924
• Documents and special collections on Palestinian
  affairs approximately 387 rare books
• Automated since 1985 using MINISIS system

Students at Graduation
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Al-Najah National University Library

• Established as a college library around 1960
  became a university library in 1977
• Automated since 1994 using ORACLE system
• Largest library in the West Bank

Students Celebrating

• Documents and special collections on Palestinian
  affairs approximately 1500 rare books
• Teleconferencing facilities for use of faculty
  and post-graduates

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Palestinian Library Association

• Established in 1994
• Coordinates all Palestinian Libraries
• Promotes technical and training support for
  Palestinian libraries
• Participation in the eIFL consortium

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Future of Palestinian Libraries

• Establishing a national library
• Unification of catalogs in a union catalog
• Inter-library loan plan
• Better support for the Palestinian library
  association

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