Information Services in Library and Manuscripts Dar of Holy Al-`Abbas Shrine (A Case Study)

Abstract

The present study aims at clarifying the historical establishment of the library and manuscripts Dar of Holy Al-Abbas Shrine and the information services provided by the library with the organizational structure of the library and its humanist resources, the diversity of its groups, and the identification of the cataloging techniques used in Library Collection Classification. In addition, it introduces the historical establishment of the Iraqi Digital Repository and the types of information sources it provided to the researchers.

The paper is concluded with the following results and recommendations.

Results:

1- It is the first introductory guide to the activities and works of the library and its affiliated office and units in 2015.

2- The shortage of specialists in the field of libraries and information.

3- The library has worked to assist researchers and the concerned by launching a non-profit project concerned with collecting theses and dissertations (Iraqi Digital Repository) for all specialties.

Recommendations:

1- Increasing the number of human resources specialized in information science and libraries.

2- Creating a library outside the Holy AI-Abbas Shrine where researchers and the concerned could easily access and collect date from one place.

3- Working to provide the full text of theses according to cooperative agreements between the Digital Repository management and Iraqi universities.