Departments and Divisions of UJ Library
Information Department
Includes Four Divisions
Computer Applications and Databases Division
This division supervises planning, analysis, coordination of automation, communication and online library
systems, including library programming such as library websites and other software required by the library.
In addition to supervising the Integrated Library System (Horizon), this division is also the coordinator
between the library and the Information Technology Center at University. It also supervises the design and
modification of the library website, and the printing of the barcode for all library holdings, in addition
to the implementation of the electronic theses archiving project, and making them available through the
These and Dissertations electronic database which is available in a special research laboratory.
This division has the task of providing subscriptions to electronic databases and make them available to
the users on the website according to the need of scientific and humanitarian faculties of the University.
This division also provides the periodicals and newspapers, Arab and foreign, through the purchase or gift
and the necessary technical procedures for the data entery, indexing, classification, and binding of those serials.
Division of Archiving and Microfilms
This division provides a rare collection of knowledge resources from manuscripts, books, Arabic and foreign
newspapers, old and modern, and records of Islamic courts. The Division undertakes projects for archiving
of newspapers and documents electronically and providing search and photocopying services to all library users.
Division of Theses Deposit Center
Theses that are approved from universities that are members in the Association of Arab Universities are
deposited in this division.
Follow-Up and Technical Support Division
Technical Department
Includes Three Divisions
Acquisition Division
This Division is responsible for the acquisition of library materials in different forms. Acquisition is
done through purchase, gift and exchange arrangements. The Division is also responsible for maintaining
the records of library materials in the library system.
Division of Cataloging and Classification
The task of this division is to catalog the information resources (books, theses, etc.) received from
the Acquisition Division and classify them according to Dewey Decimal System, and enter the bibliographic
information of those materials in the cataloging and classification computerized system that is prepared
for this purpose. The process of affixing encrypted barcode vouchers to books and writing on their heels
in preparation for placing them on the library shelves is within the reach of researchers.
Binding and Restoration Division
The main task of this division is to repair and binding of library materials through the modern binding
lab, which was established in the UJ library as a donation from Dar Al-Mandumah. This division is also
responsible for organization of the materials that need to be delivered and received to and from the
binding lab using the form of computerized lists.
Department of Services
Includes Three Divisions
Division of Circulation and Sub-halls
This division is responsible for everything related to borrowing and returning of books, in addition to
organizing and follow-up the transactions of personal and official subscriptions in the library in
accordance with the official instructions issued by the University. The library uses the Integrated
Library System (Horizon), which provides a Union Catalog for search and retrieval that enables the
researcher to search the holdings of all government university libraries using one single interface,
those libraries are members in the Center Of Excellence for Jordanian Public University Library System.
The library follows the open shelving system and an automated lending and borrowing system. The SelfCheck
Loans Machines are available in the Division, which allows students to borrow books without any assistance.
The division also organizes the collection of the library on the shelves according to the Dewey Decimal
Classification System. It also organizes and supervises the group of 10 reading rooms (sub-halls) which
are distributed among the university faculties to serve their specializations and enrich their collections
in coordination with the library liaison officers. The loan department contributes to the training of
students in libraries and information science.
Reference, Depository & Special Collection Division
This division includes the basic sourcebooks for researchers such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri,
manuals, biographies and references in all disciplines and in different languages arranged and available
for use in the following halls within the library: Al-Bukhari Hall, Ibn Khaldun Hall and Nasser Eddin
Al-Assad Hall, in addition to the supervision of the free reading room where students can be seated as
groups and group discussions.
Special and Depository Collections
This division includes the information resources of particular national, cultural and heritage importance,
including the following collections:
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Hashemite Collection
It includes publications and studies that talk about Jordan in various fields, and a special place
of the Hashemite family books and sources that speak about its history, achievements and everything
related to it.
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Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) Collection
Contains publications dealing with Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem), and a collection of some Hebrew
studies and the Palestinian question.
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Special Collections
Include rare books printed before 1930, and valuable books and valuable books to keep them from damage.
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The Limited Circulation Collection
Contains rare books that are used for special request.
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The United Nations Publications Depository Center
Contains publications of the United Nations, its agencies, institutions, various organizations
and archives of universities.