The library is a scientific and cultural space within the university institution. It is concerned with collecting, organizing, and providing various sources and references (books, journals, theses, and digital resources) with the aim of supporting the educational process and scientific research.
The university library in Algeria is considered an essential part of the university structure. It operates under the administrative supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and serves students, professors, and researchers through lending services, on-site consultation, and providing databases and digital resources, contributing to the completion of research and dissertations and the development of knowledge.
General Organizational Framework:
University libraries are supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and are managed according to administrative regulations within the university. They are considered part of the pedagogical and scientific structures of the institution.
Central Library and Branch Libraries:
In most Algerian universities, there are:
- A central library at the university level
- Branch libraries or annexes at the faculty and institute levels
These structures are interconnected within a single network to facilitate access to references.
Presentation of the Faculty Library:
The Faculty of Science Library is an academic library primarily established to support scientific research by providing scientific sources and references to faculty members, researchers, and students. It originated from the division of the Faculty of Science and Technology into two faculties—Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology—in 2016. As a result, each faculty gained its own independent library in 2017, after previously sharing a single library.
Head of the Faculty Library:
Dr. Kabeche Tahar
Kabeche.tahar@univ-medea.dz
Message from the Head of the Library:
The Faculty of Science Library is pleased to open its doors to its students, professors, and researchers as a space that brings together knowledge and serves as a fundamental source for supporting teaching and research within the faculty.
We strive to provide users with a suitable environment for reading and research, along with a constantly updated collection of books, references, journals, and academic theses, in addition to electronic resources that keep pace with modern developments in various scientific fields.
Our library is not merely a place for storing books; it is an active partner in improving the quality of education, developing research skills, and promoting the use of modern technologies in accessing information.
We also continuously seek to improve our services and facilitate access to library resources through digitization and the ongoing modernization of cataloging and databases.
I invite all library users to make the best use of this space and to contribute their ideas and suggestions so that this scientific institution remains a center of knowledge that serves both students and professors.
Together, we advance science and knowledge.
Library Objectives:
- Selecting and providing appropriate library materials that support curricula and university programs
- Organizing resources and collections through catalog preparation
- Facilitating study, reading, and research for students, teachers, and researchers
- Providing various library services such as lending, reference services, guidance, information services, bibliographic services, and copying
- Creating optimal conditions and tools to support reading, study, and scientific research
Library Building:
The library building consists of 5 floors and 2 wings, with a seating capacity of 740.
Basement:
- Book storage
- Inventory office
- Document maintenance and binding office
Ground Floor:
- Two wings:
- First wing: lending desk equipped with a book elevator connected to storage, bibliographic research hall, and security office
- Second wing: reading room for professors
First Floor:
- Two wings:
- Student reading room
- Teaching department
Second Floor:
- Three wings:
- Two reading rooms
- Research laboratories
Third Floor:
- Six offices:
- Head of library office
- Secretariat office
- IT office
- Digitization office
- Head of document collection management office
- Head of bibliographic research and guidance office
Library Departments:
The Faculty of Science Library includes two main departments:
1. Bibliographic Research and Guidance Department:
- Guiding students to various information resources
- Supervising internal and external lending operations
- Managing library registration
- Issing clearance certificates for graduating students
- Receiving graduation theses
- Organizing and managing book storage
- Preparing reports and statistics on lending activities
2. Document Collection Management Department:
- Selecting materials for acquisition in coordination with the book selection committee
- Inventorying collections
- Automated processing of documents
- Digitization (barcode assignment and catalog scanning)
Opening Hours:
The library is open from Sunday to Thursday, from 08:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Library System:
The Faculty of Science Library uses automated systems to manage its collections, including the SYNGEB system (documentary chain) and the open-source PMB system.
For organizing books in storage, it uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).
Lending System:
- Internal lending only for:
- Encyclopedias
- Dictionaries
- Theses
- Periodicals
- Single-copy books
- External lending:
- 3 books for 15 days (for professors and Master’s students)
- 2 books for up to 7 days (for undergraduate students)
Library Location:
The library is located at the Ouazra University Campus of Yahia Fares University, as shown on the map.
Library in Numbers:
The Faculty of Science Library holds a diverse and up-to-date collection. Each year, the library acquires the latest sources and references in the fields of the faculty’s specializations.
As shown in the following table:
|
Number of Copies |
Number of Titles |
Type of Collection |
|
Books |
6646 |
17549 |
|
Theses (Dissertations) |
1591 |
2474 |
|
Periodicals |
01 |
01 |
|
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |
125 |
243 |
Reading Facilities:
The library also includes reading rooms with a total seating capacity of 1,150 seats, divided as follows:
- 2 reading rooms for undergraduate (Bachelor’s) students
- 2 reading rooms for Master’s students
- 1 reading room for professors
The library also provides internet rooms for:
- Students
- Professors
Library Staff:
The library is supervised by 8 staff members distributed across the following positions:
- (2) University Library Attachés – Level 2
- (2) University Library Attachés – Level 1
- (3) Assistant Librarians
- (1) Clerk