ABI/INFORM

The College of Commerce and Economics Information Center is one of the newest facilities that provides services for students, faculty and staff members of the SQU community. The center was officially opened on 16 November 1993 during the fourth graduation festivities by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. It houses a specialized business and economics library, 116 advanced PCs in four Information Technology labs, 60 workstations in two language labs, the college textbook store, study and discussion areas, technical service areas, and classrooms equipped with Internet access and audio-visual devices.

The purpose of the library facility is to enhance the educational process. In addition to the usual functions of a newly established library (procurement, cataloging, display), the objectives are to provide:(1) Supplementary materials (published items, recorded items), (2) Computerized information (on campus holdings, Sultanate of Oman repositories, GCC libraries), (3) Internet linkage with libraries world-wide, (4) Comfortable, quiet space for individual study and research, (5) Discussion areas for group project work, interviews and study sessions, (6) Staff areas for research guidance, circulation and technology support.

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