It consists the general books that support learning, teaching and research activities of the university; books on general knowledge, light readings that enriched and developed skills, creativity, spiritual well being, hobbies, etc. They are placed on the open stack and can be accessed freely by members/clients/users. The loan period of this collection depends on the library membership category.
Encyclopaedias, dictionaries, yearbooks, indexes, and bibliographies are placed under this category. The call number is preceded with ‘REF’. Generally, this collection is for in-house reference only. Faculty members may arrange for short loans of this collection for classroom use.
This collection comprises items in heavy demand or recommended by academic staff for a short-term loan. Besides, a copy of the core textbook titles is also placed in this collection. The loan period of this collection is 24 hours.
This is a special collection of books which are adopted or recommended at the faculty level as the core textbooks.
This collection consists of all the English language and literature books, fiction, and light reading materials.
This collection consists of all the Arabic language and literature books, fiction, and light reading materials.
This is the collection of books from individual donors, organizations, institutions, bookstores, publishers, etc.
All audio cassettes, audio-visual, video, CDs, multimedia materials, etc., are placed under this collection.
All the online resources collection will be listed in the library portal under the E-Resources Section.
All publications/documents/records published by the AiU Community.
The collection consists of printed serial items such as journals, magazines, reports, yearbooks, etc, and can be accessed on the first floor, AIU library building
The literature collection consists of textbook provided to lecturer for the purpose of teaching and learning process
All the drawings, paintings, and artworks that are donated to the library.
