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Damascus, SANA – The Faculty of Architectural Engineering of Damascus University opened on Thursday an electronic library to be at the disposal of the students.
The library’s contents were re-indexed and archived electronically by voluntary efforts of fourth-year students of the Libraries and Information Department at the university.
The e-library includes about 5300 titles, mostly in the English language, in addition to Arabic and foreign language-speaking periodicals specialized in architecture.
There are also science, knowledge and culture books and 500 Master and PhD dissertations.
Damascus University’s Rector Dr. Mohammad Hassan al-Kurdi said in a statement to reporters after launching the e-library that the university is seeking to keep pace with the rapid technological advancements through adopting a new system for libraries that help provide space for exchanging knowledge and information and enhancing direct interaction and communication.
There is a plan to generalize this experience to the rest of the libraries at the various faculties of the university, al-Kurdi added.
In turn, Dean of Libraries and Information Department Dr. Haitham Mahmoud said the students employed the Koha system in automating the library, which took a year to be completed.
The Higher Institute of Languages at Damascus University opened in April an electronic library with about 5800 titles.
Another electronic library which included about 5000 titles in various scientific, knowledge and culture fields was launched in the cultural center of al- Baath Arab Socialist Party’s branch in Damascus University on May 17th.
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