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The Library continued to expand its bibliographic database, which
was initiated in 2008 using the new General Secretariat ORACLE
system, by inserting all new data of the books, documents, articles of
the Arab and foreign periodicals. It also provides information retrieval
service for researchers.
Quarterly bibliography published in the Oil and Arab Cooperation
magazine (Volumes 140-143).
Bibliography of new sources in the Library, distributed to all General
Secretariat’s researchers, on a monthly basis.
Release of the monthly file “New at the Library”, covering images
of the content pages of new arrivals of books and periodicals, which is
circulated to the General Secretariat’s staff for acquaintance.
7.5.1 Indexing and Classification
The Library continued its technical services in the areas of indexing
and classification, where all books and documents received by the
Library were indexed and footnoted, and the information were entered
into the relevant database, bringing the acquisitions up to 35,890 books
and documents in 2012, from 35,626 in 2011.
7.5.2 Provision
Provision services this year were focused on:
Monitoring the subscriptions of Arab, foreign periodicals and official
publications of the government authorities and departments, as well as
oil companies in the Arab countries.
Providing the Library with new books and references, and monitoring
the updating of annual books and references to acquire new editions,
upon the proposals presented by the Office of His Excellency the
Secretary General, by discipline.
Monitoring the electronic periodicals and studies received on the
