Directorate of Libraries and Cultural Activities

The Circulation Department is the main hub of the library's work, as it handles internal and external lending of books in both Arabic and foreign languages.

Under the guidance of the university administration, the library works to acquire the latest scientific titles and publications from various literary, scientific, historical, informational, and intellectual sources to enrich its collections, which contain 108,155 books in Arabic and 58,215 books in foreign languages (English and French).

The Circulation Department also includes the Periodicals and Arabic and Foreign References Division, where lending is internal only.

In addition, there is the library of the writer and historian Professor Gabriel Saadeh, who donated his private library to Latakia University. A hall bearing his name has been allocated to it, containing 6,251 books.

All titles in the library are computerized within a program for classification and cataloging, as well as for lending.

The library also contains:

- An Internet hall containing 23 computers to serve students in the scientific research process through international periodicals, databases, and search engines to which Latakia University has subscribed through the Ministry of Higher Education within the framework of agreements signed between the Ministry and international scientific institutions, including:

  Science Direct – Srlst – Online.sagepub – Web.ebscohost

- A reading hall accommodating 600 students, equipped with all supplies that provide students with an environment for study.

- A conference hall accommodating 350 guests, equipped with the latest audio and visual devices to host all conferences, seminars, and workshops held at the university.

- A hall for exhibitions and artistic and cultural activities.

The library organizes and hosts many lectures, seminars, open dialogues, and workshops, in addition to hosting dissertations, master's and doctoral dissertations.

The exhibition hall annually receives two large book fairs in the months of April and November, in addition to the scientific, applied, artistic and plastic exhibitions of the university faculties. Many activities and events, whether governmental or private, are held.