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The Library's Mission:

The library aims at achieving the following goals:

First: Encouraging the reading habit among local community.

Second: Caring for children through arranging a variety of directed cultural and educational activities throughout the year.

Third: Promoting the services of the library provided to the researchers and members of the library through activating the role of the educational and cultural role of the library in the society.

Fourth: Networking with other educational and cultural institutes in the city.

The Library's Rules and Regulations:

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  1. Since knowledge and education have no limits, everybody has the right to benefit from the library's services regardless where they come from.
  2. Membership fees are 10 NIS for children, 20 NIS for students and 30 NIS for adults.
  3. Children and students are allowed to borrow 3 books per time.
  4. Postgraduate students are allowed to borrow 5 books each time.
  5. Members are allowed to keep the borrowed books for 15 days and can extend the period on the phone for another 15 days.
  6. Fines for delays are 30 agora per day.
  7. Periodicals and references are only used in the library and can't be borrowed.
  8. Membership fees do not cover photocopying and internet services.
  9. Lost books should be refunded b the borrower.
  10. The library has the right to sue any member in the court of law in cases of delay in returning books for a period that exceeds 6 months.
  11. Signing the membership form is a commitment by the member with all the rules and regulations.

Board of Trustees:

The Municipality has been assigning a board of trustees since 1970 until now the members are usually chosen from the Academic and intellectual elitist in the society. The board should help in developing the library and promoting the scientific intellectual and educational aspects of the society.

The current board which was assigned in April 2003 consist of the following:
Dr. Mahmoud Al Atshan: Head of the board, Afaf Aqel, Raja' Rantisi, R. Khaled Alhilo, Dr. Cairo Arafat, Muhannad Abdul Hamid, Hour Haj Abed, Salah Hanieh, Ghassan Al-Taweel, Iman Hamayel, Rudanah Salameh, Dakhlalllah Jaber.

He board has for its priority continue the work of developing the library and enriching its resources in addition to raising funds for expanding the library especial the children's library and the internet section.

Library Internet System

To Benefit from our distance- Librarian services in the fields of resources searching, booking and registration; please enter our:  Library Internet System. 


Special Thanks

A special thanks and honor for all of these who participated in rising up the name of Al-Bireh Public Library; and specially the following:-

- Al-Bireh Municipality: by its city council and their president (Waleed Hamad).

- Al-Bireh Public Library Council: represented by its president (Dr. Mahmoud Al-Atshan)

-Japanese people & government for their financial and spiritual support they dedicated for the library during the last five years.

- Holland Representative Office at Al-Bireh City.

- Sida The Swedish Organization

- Al-Bireh City People.

- Abdul-Hameed Showman foundation.

- The Palestinian Ministry of Culture

- Al-Bireh Public library Friends.

And also a special thanks for the library staff who is working day and night to service this important title in the city of Al-Bireh.

For all of these mentioned – a great thanks and an invitation to keep on in this way.

Future Plans

- Updating the computer unit and the internet network.

- Updating the library resources of books and general sources.

- Building a 4th floor in the public library building – to reserve and care of old, unique and ancient books and resources.

-Electronic archive – and a special Palestinian museum library.

- Paying a special car for the library (for library special business).
 

 

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