King Fahd Library in Riyadh A magnificent building inspired by the Arab heritage
She wanted the desire of the people of Riyadh to express feelings of love and loyalty to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd, may God have mercy on him, on his arrival to power, so the library project was announced in the ceremony held in (1403 AH), which received support from the state itself. The building consists of a ground floor topped by three floors covered with a beautiful and beautiful planetarium. The design was inspired by modern Arabic inscriptions decorated architectural and marble, and perhaps the most important features of this great cultural edifice in hindsight on a vital important area between King Fahd Roads to the west next to Olaya Street in the east, where this location gives the library the possibility of success in performing its role due to the accessibility of the site and the clarity and fame of the place, it is located in the heart of the modern city of Riyadh, and also available inside the library places to rest and wait.
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The beginning of the establishment of King Fahd Library
The implementation of the project began in 1406 AH under the supervision of the Riyadh City Municipality, and in 1408 it formed an interim administration; and in 1409 AH, construction, furniture and equipment. During the short period since its establishment, King Fahd National Library has been able to achieve many ambitious achievements, and this has mainly started from the formation of infrastructure in the organization and development of human resources and the development of the necessary library collections and equipment to carry out its tasks and achieve its goals in the areas of documenting and preserving Saudi intellectual production, and to provide media services in line with the comprehensive development witnessed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The role of King Fahd Library in enriching Arabic content and preserving heritage
King Fahd Library annually receives a lot of inquiries and deep research questions that need to collect data and prepare it in forms that suit the customer's need, as the library has made many Saudi intellectual property bibliographies from books, periodicals and translations that will be published in UNESCO and the Arab Educational Organization, Culture and Science Publications Through the Saudi Ministry of Education, the library also provides statistical data on publishing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to international organizations and researchers around the world.
Building the Collections Library as part of the King Fahd Library
As for the field of building the library of collections, it has mastered many printed materials and audio-visual materials such as optical discs, thumbnail, local documents, coins, rare books and manuscripts, as the library finally obtained the first batch of Arabic and precious manuscripts from Princeton University in the United States, which included images of all manuscripts and rare books. The library received a gift from His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, General President of Youth Welfare. Since the adoption of the application system and the international numbering system in 1414H, the Library has been able to register and index many existing books and periodicals, and has also begun to prepare final arrangements for the registration and filing of audiovisual materials in accordance with the requirements of the national filing system. Thus, the library obtains the largest collection that includes one place, and it should be noted that the documentation and registration operations carried out by the library have changed the pattern of estimated statistics prevailing in the volume of Saudi intellectual production.
The National Center for Deposit and Registration at King Fahd Library
The library of the National Center for Depository and Registration has become a contributing role in the positive improvement of local or foreign sources in the form of Saudi and foreign writers through indexing during publication and the allocation of international records. The library is concerned with equipment and preservation systems, care for restoration, restoration and maintenance of manuscripts and rare books, and the library creates databases, handles the documentation mechanism, as well as access to sources of information on optical drives, and building internal information networks that help organize and circulate information. In the field of information services, the library provides information and answers to direct questions, through various means of communication.
King Fahd Library plays an active role in local and Arab exhibitions to publish and display its publications and other Saudi intellectual products, in addition to communications and cooperative programs, and the exchange of information and publications with Arab and foreign bodies, which reflects the cultural and civilizational role played by the library internally and externally.
