Qatar's Education City's university libraries: patrons, collections, and services
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe Qatar's Education City's six university libraries, their international patrons, collections, and services.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper provides analysis of the data provided by various parties related to patrons, collections and services of the six university libraries in Qatar's Education during the calendar year of 2009.
Findings
Education City's six branch libraries successfully support the needs of their patrons' curriculum and research needs especially in the e‐resources.
Originality/value
This research provides in‐depth information for the Qatar Foundation, university and library administrators of main and branch campuses related to future e‐licensing, collections acquisitions, and staffing.
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Citation
Gyeszly, S.D. (2010), "Qatar's Education City's university libraries: patrons, collections, and services", Collection Building, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604951011060367
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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