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The Saudi Digital Library was launched in November 2010, the project includes 24 university libraries under the umbrella of the National Center for E-Learning (NCEL) at the Ministry of Higher Education (MHE). The objective is to support learning and education, particularly e-learning and distance learning.

Saudi Arabia has two central libraries in every university, one for men and one for women.

Elsayed, Amany M., and Emad I. Saleh. “Measuring the Return on Investment of Academic Libraries in Arab Countries: A Proposed Model.” Information Development, vol. 31, no. 3, 2013, pp. 219–228., https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666913512146.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar have formal degree programs for the education of LIS professionals. Saudi Arabia has six LIS schools located in four universities, namely King Saud University, Umm Alqura University, Imam Mohammad bin Saud University, and King Abdulaziz University. Three Saudi schools (King Abduaziz, King Saud, and Imam Mohammad bin Saud) have both under-graduate and graduate degree programs.

Ur Rehman, Sajjad. “Accreditation of Library and Information Science Programmes in the Gulf Cooperation Council Nations.” Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, vol. 44, no. 1, 2012, pp. 65–72., https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000611427723.

One major problem facing the libraries not only in Saudi Arabia, but also in all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, is the lack of indigenous skilled workers. The minimum qualification for entry-level positions in libraries is a BLS, which does not prepare students enough for working as catalog librarian, reference librarian, or systems librarian.

Khurshid, Zahiruddin. “Measuring the Quality of Contributions of Saudi Authors to Lis Journals Using Journal Impact Factor (JIF), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), and Google Scholar Metrics (GSM).” The Serials Librarian, vol. 67, no. 1, 2014, pp. 81–98., https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526x.2014.909755.

A 2008 study concluded that King Saud and King Abdul-Aziz University are taking much attention to libraries services by providing the libraries with the latest technologies and trained staff. The study mentioned that King Saud university libraries do have better electronic services while King Abdul-Aziz is owning better collections and have a qualified acquisition department.

Shehata, Ahmed Maher, and Mohammed Fathy Elgllab. “Library Anxiety among Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Study on Egypt and Saudi Arabia.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 45, no. 4, 2019, pp. 386–393., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.05.006.