Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau, US Transcendentalist author
Library Sector (1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006) |
Donations |
Arabic |
Material Type |
Total Donations |
Percentage of Total Donations |
Books |
9,109 |
42.8% |
Maps |
5 |
0.0% |
Multimedia |
133 |
0.6% |
Other |
416 |
2.0% |
Total Arabic Donations |
|
9,663 |
45.4% |
Non-Arabic |
Books |
9,600 |
45.1% |
Maps |
20 |
0.1% |
Multimedia |
1,602 |
7.5% |
Other |
415 |
1.9% |
Total Non-Arabic Donations |
|
11,637 |
54.6% |
Total Donations |
|
21,300 |
100% |
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Library Acquisitions - Monographs |
Library Acquisition Type |
Total Value |
Percentage Value |
Total Number of Items |
Percentage Items |
Main Library |
1,300,080.00 |
76.7% |
3,627 |
39.9% |
Multimedia Library |
97,341.05 |
5.7% |
382 |
4.2% |
Children Library |
78,327.03 |
4.6% |
2,508 |
27.6% |
Young People Library |
200,722.10 |
11.8% |
2,481 |
27.3% |
Taha Hussein Library |
345.00 |
0.0% |
42 |
0.5% |
Staff Tools |
17,911.66 |
1.1% |
58 |
0.6% |
Total |
EGP 1,694,726.84 |
100% |
9,098 |
100% |
Acquisitions by Language - Monographs |
Language |
Total Value |
Percentage Value |
Total Number of Items |
Percentage Items |
Arabic |
143,894.12 |
8.5% |
4,352 |
47.8% |
English |
1,444,352.00 |
85.2% |
4,111 |
45.2% |
French |
81,539.55 |
4.8% |
524 |
5.8% |
German |
15,064.05 |
0.9% |
16 |
0.2% |
Latin |
5,764.83 |
0.3% |
43 |
0.5% |
Other |
4,112.29 |
0.2% |
52 |
0.6% |
Total |
1,694,726.84 |
100% |
9,098 |
100% |
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BA Collection |
Physical Materials |
Number of Volumes in Open Stacks |
228,666 |
Number of Volumes in Closed Stacks |
28,567 |
Number of Volumes Under Processing |
71,367 |
Depository Collection (including audiovisual) |
13,214 |
Number of Theses |
33,807 |
Multimedia Material |
15,856 |
Number of Print Scholarly Journals |
1,215 |
Daily Newspaper/Magazine Titles |
90 |
Volumes Withdrawn from the Collection (for their physical status) |
55,000 |
Total Physical BA Collection (Library Sector) |
447,782 |
Rare books |
10,242 |
Special Collection |
25,069 |
Manuscripts |
4,629 |
Microfilm |
612 |
Total Physical BA Collection ( Manuscripts Center ) |
40,552 |
TOTAL PHYSICAL BA COLLECTION |
488,334 |
Electronic Materials |
Online Databases |
31 |
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Commercial |
|
22 |
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Government |
9 |
|
Electronic Journals |
~25,000 |
Electronic Books (ebrary) |
~20,000 |
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Total Number of Memberships |
Type |
Annual |
Monthly |
Summer |
Total |
Main Library |
8412 |
492 |
|
8904 |
Children's Library |
728 |
31 |
244 |
1003 |
Young People's Library |
847 |
49 |
129 |
1025 |
Taha Hussein Library |
277 |
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|
277 |
Total |
10,264 |
572 |
373 |
11,209 |
Total Number of Questions in Reference Services |
Type |
Number of Questions |
Bibliographical Search |
129,560 |
Ready Reference Questions |
46,000 |
Directional Questions |
103,930 |
Computer Usage |
3,600 |
Total |
283,090 |
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