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Omani studies centre at sultan qaboos university
Description of the policy/measure
The center has a specialized library of studies and publications. it strives to collect omani intellectual production, work to save them and make them available to researchers and scholars. the library contains several halls: omani books hall, theses hall, government publications hall, manuscripts hall, researchers hall and digital hall. advantages of the library’s electronic contents can be found through computers distributed throughout the library which includes nearly (4000) books title on various topics and more than 2,300 theses of omani university as well as publications issued by government and private institutions in the sultanate and the gulf countries. the library’s classification of its collections based on the classification of congress, which is followed in the various university libraries.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
The results expected through the implementation of the measure are:1. spread oman culture, literature and raise the omani studies standing in the world.2. give a chance to those who are interested to see the omani literature.3. held seminars, conferences and events aimed to preserve oman's national identity.4. existence of a research stocks on culture, literature and art in the center's library.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
The financial support is provided by sultan qaboos university.