First – Providing the sources of information in its various forms, types, and topics according to approved standards and specifications for this purpose in a manner that secures the fulfillment of the beneficiaries’ needs.

Second – Scientifically organizing the sources of information and storing them in a way that ensures their access to speed, accuracy and ease and guarantees their safety and preservation.

Third – Providing library and information services to beneficiaries according to scientific methods.

Fourth – Activating the utilization of library and information sources and services provided by the Directorate through introducing them, and facilitating access to them.

Fifth – Training and advising the beneficiaries on how to use the library and benefit from the sources and services of information therein by preparing appropriate programs for training and guidance.

Sixth: Technical supervision of college libraries, institute libraries associated with the university, and center libraries in a manner that secures the centralization of technical procedures.

Seventh – Providing technical consultations in the field of libraries and information to those who need them, from the authorities and individuals.

Eighth: Organizing training courses in the field of libraries and information within the framework of continuing education programs.

Ninth: Cooperation and coordination with libraries, information centers, and other related institutions to achieve mutual benefits in libraries procedures and services.

X– Organizing seminars, conferences and seminars and participating in such activities organized by other parties.

Eleventh – Prepare studies and research in the field of libraries and information, and issue brochures, abstracts, guides, lists of literature, and other forms that serve the library and the beneficiaries.

Twelfth– Holding general and specialized book fairs and participating in exhibitions held by other parties.

First: the beneficiaries

• University faculty, lecturers, and lecturers.
• Graduate students at university colleges.
• Regular students in university colleges.
• University employees.
• University’s libraries.
• Other libraries, after a special agreement is reached between the Directorate of Libraries and Publications and those bodies regarding the organization of loan procedures.

Second: Items that are not allowed to be checked out

• Reference sources of information, such as knowledge circles, dictionaries and guides.  Original, illustrated manuscripts and rare books.
• Books with limited knowledge.
• University theses are only loaned to the teaching staff, lecturers and teaching assistants at the university, for a period of only two weeks.
• Paperless materials (audio-visual, film discs and thumbnails).
• Government publications, documents, archives, maps and files.
• University books and theses with the only copy, with the exception of faculty members and lecturers at the university on borrowing them for only two days.
• Booked books.
• Fragmented books that contain more than (3) parts.

Third: The number of books allowed to be loaned to the semester

• Faculty members 10 volumes, including university theses.
• Teaching assistants and graduate students at the university 7 volumes, including university theses .
• Graduate students from outside the university 5 volumes.
• Students registered at the university are 5 volumes.
• Individuals who are not affiliated with the university, 3 volumes

Fourth: The loan period

• Faculty members, lecturers, lecturers and graduate students 30 days.
• University students for a period of 15 days.
• Individuals from outside the university for a period of 7 days.
• The Head of the Circulation and Sub-Librarians Section may make the secondment a shorter period for the categories mentioned in Paragraph (1) for books that are frequently used.
• The borrower can renew the loan period for one period, provided that books are not required by any other reader.
• The borrower undertakes to return the books to the library before the loan period expires, if requested to do so within a maximum period of three days from the date of notification.

Fifth: penalties and fines

• A delay fine of $ 0.5 is calculated for each day of delay for each loaned loan, up to a maximum of ten days after the loan period has ended.
• If the delay period exceeds ten days, an additional fine of $ 10 will be calculated for each month for a period of three months.
• If the delay period exceeds three months, the book is considered lost.
• The borrower is not allowed to borrow other books unless he returns books that are more than one month late.
• The library may deny the borrower the loan for a period of one academic year if he breaches the criteria of secondment.

Fines for lost books and destruction

• If the book is lost or damaged, the borrower is obliged to bring an alternative copy of the edition itself or a newer edition within a month of being notified, if he is unable to demand payment of the value determined by the Supply Department according to the controls approved by the Directorate of Libraries and Publications, but if the book is a rare book or  Gifted books, the borrower is required to pay the value determined by the technical committee in light of the price of the lost or damaged book and its scarcity in the market, after this value is approved by the Libraries Directorate, and in both cases, the borrower is required to pay the delay value according to what was previously mentioned.
• If it is not possible to collect the value in the previous paragraph by amicable way, then it will be collected by administrative means from its financial dues at the university.

Sixth: An acquittance.

• The male or female student must obtain a clearance from the central library and branch libraries upon graduation, drop out or delete the semester, and the treasurers of the university’s colleges and institutes must compel each student to bring a clearance from the central library before disbursing its dues.
• Students affairs should not give the graduating student the original graduation document or a copy of it unless he attends a clearance from the central library.
• The University’s Personnel Administration should require all university employees, including faculty members, lecturers, teaching assistants and other university employees, to bring a clearance from the libraries that they are entitled to borrow from when their services are terminated at the university. Fund trustees should not disburse their benefits unless after making sure of that.

Seventh: General provisions.

• The Director of the Library Directorate has the right to grant a circulation permit to those who are not covered by the clause (first), after confirming the borrower’s personality and circumstances.
• Those who misuse the library or its holdings are referred to the relevant disciplinary committees.
• The university’s faculties, institutes and departments concerned shall cooperate in implementing these rules.