The library at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University include the following branches:
1. College of Computer and Information Sciences Library
2. College of Science Library
3. College of Business Administration Library
4. College of Education Library
5. College of Arts and Design Library
6. College of Languages Library
7. College of Arts Library
8. College of Social Services Library
9. Arabic Language Institute Library
10. College of Nursing Library
11. College of Pharmacy Library
12. College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Library
13. College of Dentistry Library
14. College of Community Library
15. College of Medicine Library
16. Deanship of Foundation Year Library
17. College of Home Economics Library
Provided Services
1- Loaning Services
Loaning is one of the most important public services provided by
university libraries. It is one of the important indicators of library
effectiveness and its relationship with the community. It is also a good
standard for measuring the effectiveness of libraries in the provision
of services and objective achievement. Therefore, the subsidiary
libraries management provides autonomous loaning services within
libraries to facilitate the loaning process. Library loaning services
include:
a. Internal reading
b. External loaning
c. Renewing loans
d. Reserving books
e. Loaned books follow-up and tracking
f. Mutual loaning
2- Reference Services
Reference services in subsidiary libraries are pided into two main sections:
a. Direct reference services, which include answering reference
questions posed by beneficiaries, guiding and directing them within the
library, and educating and training them on the use of different
references.
b. Indirect reference services, which include selection of
appropriate references and making them available for the department,
arrangement of references on shelves and returning them to the right
location, and reviewing the available references and reference service
provided.
3. Current Awareness Services
These services involve reviewing newly available documents and
various resources in libraries and information centers, selection of
materials relevant to the needs of beneficiaries, and recording these
materials in order to inform beneficiaries of their availability at the
library.
Selective dissemination of information is the most important
current awareness service. It aims to keep the beneficiaries aware of
recent developments and achievements in their specializations and
thematic interests determined and amended by the beneficiary from time
to time. The most important feature of the selective dissemination of
information and current awareness service is the need to use the
computer for submission.
4. Online Search Services
It is a system to retrieve information immediately and directly
through the computer and terminals, which provides researchers with
machine-readable information stored on information systems, databanks
and databases.
5. Photocopying Service
This is one of the basic and essential services provided in
libraries. This service preserves and reduces the theft and damage of
library materials. The subsidiary library management has provided
auto-photocopying machines inside the subsidiary libraries to facilitate
photocopying.
6. Beneficiary Training Services
This service involves training the beneficiaries on how to use the
different sources and services provided by these libraries. The Deanship
for Library Affairs dedicates considerable attention to this service.