About the Library
NU is proud to mention that the constituent colleges have a central library within their campus to cater to the needs of UG and PG students of various courses and programs. The role of libraries in tertiary education is a vital one, which can help you to carry out your courses successfully. The library is supporting the educational and outreach endeavors by providing information resources and services to staff and students of the students/staff/Alumni community at the University.
College of Engineering
The NU library at College of Engineering is named as Library & Information Centre (LIC) which is having all the resources/facilities to cater to students’ needs for their study. All these services of the library can be availed with a valid student identification card.
The most fundamental requirement in engineering education is information. The library has great responsibility in providing the required information. LIC makes every endeavor to accomplish this task. The regular addition of books in all fields of engineering to cater to the needs of the users, subscription to technical journals for core areas, magazines and the addition of more number of computers and continuous development in infrastructure to create more new sections articulates the untiring efforts of the library in enhancing the quality of the services provided for the benefits of the staff and students of College of Engineering, NU.
The library is located in the main building of the College of Engineering, Caledonian Campus, Al Hail, which facilitates an easy physical access. The library currently has an issue section, reference section, electronic library, periodical section, quiet area for individual study, quiet area for group study, and it is equipped with adequate furniture for reading purposes. At present, the total number of books has reached 22826, and this is continuously increasing. The collection of books consists of mainly Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Management, Personality Development Planning and English subjects. The library puts much emphasis on providing all level of modern services. The regular addition of computers is evidence of this. A separate computer section inside the library helps the students to access the electronic information as well as the library catalogue. The following is the current status of book collections for each subject.
Library & Information Center
Books Collection |
Subject |
Volume |
Titles |
Instrumentation and Control |
775 |
200 |
Islamic Heritage and Culture |
23 |
11 |
General |
485 |
276 |
Process Operations and Maintenance |
921 |
266 |
Mathematics |
1432 |
344 |
Mechanical Engineering |
3120 |
901 |
Physics |
651 |
105 |
Management |
1796 |
640 |
Chemistry |
371 |
77 |
General Arabic |
108 |
65 |
Computer Engineering |
3502 |
1178 |
Technobasics |
517 |
100 |
Educational and Personal development |
1042 |
448 |
Civil Engineering |
2640 |
835 |
English |
4219 |
962 |
Communication Engineering |
714 |
231 |
Electronic Engineering |
2051 |
595 |
TOTAL
|
24367 |
7234 |
|
|
|
E-resources |
ProQuest E-Book Centralm (E-books database) |
136435 |
|
ProQuest E- Journals |
1740 |
|
The following are the resources at CCE Library and Information Centre.
- Books
- Journals
- DELNET (Developing Library Network)
- CD-ROM and Video access
- Internet access
Access & Use
The library can be accessed by the members of NU - both students and staff - at the following working times.
Working Hours |
Normal Working Days
Sunday to Thursday : 7.30 am to 8.30 pm |
During vacation period
Sunday to Thursday : 8.00 am to 6.00 pm
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During examination period
Sunday to Thursday : 7.30 am to 9.00 pm
All Saturdays: 09.00 am to 1.00 pm |
College of Medicine and Health Sciences and College of
Pharmacy
The mission of the central library at College of Medicine and Health Sciences is to function as a knowledge dissemination center that supports the educational and research programs of the College.
The objective is to provide selective dissemination of information and current awareness services to its members mainly through owned resources and partly through shared and networked electronic resources.
Library Timings
Sunday to Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Fridays & Saturdays - Library will remain closed
Contact Details
Contact Details of Bousher Campus Library
Head of Library & Information Services: Tel Ext: 171
Library Assistant: Tel Ext: 170
Contact Details of Sohar Campus Library
Head Librarian: Tel Ext: 720
Library Assistant: Tel Ext: 725, 723, 722
Contact Details of College of Engineering
Head of Library & Information Centre: Tel Ext: 650
Library Assistant: Tel Ext: 651, 652 654