library catalogues & listings
Library Catalogues If you are doing any kind of research you may find the links below helpful in sourcing materials about Islam and Muslims in a variety of languages. These are links to the online catalogues of several of the largest libraries in the world as well as several other libraries located in North America and the United Kingdom that house Islamic materials in their collections. The libraries range from academic to national to public libraries.
See list of Library Catalogues. | Library Listings Based on some research I did quite a few years ago, I compiled a listing of Islamic Libraries and Information Centres around the world. This list I am sure is far from complete due to the ever changing nature of collections and because as some libraries open, others close. Most of the libraries in the listing are academic based libraries (i.e. those found in academic, mainly university, libraries). However, I have attempted to include links to libraries and collections in various institutions and countries such as masjids or islamic community centres.
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Library catalogues
- National Library of Turkey
- National Library of Malaysia
- King Fahd National Library
- Al Azhar University
- The British Library
- University of California Berkely's Pathfinder
- New York Public Library's CATNYP
- National Library of Canada's AMICUS
- University of Toronto's UTCat
- Toronto Public Library
- Oxford University Information System
- Cambridge University's Newton
- World Cat
- Islamic Library
- Library of Congress
- Google book search http://books.google.com/googlebooks/about.html conencting readers with books online and from collections housed in large libraries such as Oxford University and many others.
- WorldCat connects you to collections and services to over 10,000 libraries worldwide.
library listings
I tried to locate the most recent contact information for some of the libraries /information centres listed below*. As such you will find an address, telephone and fax number and where possible, the date when the library was founded and the size of its holdings. The listing below is arranged alphabetically by country.
A | B | C | E | F | G | I | J | L | M | N | P | S | T | U | Y
ALGERIA
Algeria-Bibliotheque Nationale
1 ave. Frantz Fanon
Algiers 1600, Algeria.
Ph: 213 630632
Founded: 1835
Holdings: 350 000 books
BANGLADESH
Muslim Institute Public Library
Mymensingh,
Bangladesh.
Founded: 1931
Holdings: 7 800 vols
CANADA
Canadian Council of Muslim Women Library
PO Box 128
Seba Beach, AB
Canada T0E 2B0
Ph: (403) 797-3855
Fax: (403) 439-5088
Founded: 1991
Holdings: 500 books, 600 reports
Special collections: Islamic Awareness Foundation Collection
Mcgill University, Islamic Studies Library
Morrice Hall,
3845 McTavish St,
Montreal, QC H3A 1Y1
Ph: (514) 398-4685
Fax: (514) 398-8189
Website: http://www.library.mcgill.ca/
Founded: 1952
Holdings: 103 600 vols, 423 periodicals
Muslim Education & Welfare Foundation of Canada - Jannat Bibi Library
2580 Mcgill Street,
Vancouver, BC
Canada V5K 1H1
Ph: (604) 255-9941
Fax: (604) 255-9941
Founded: 1987
Holdings: 4000 books
World Council of Muslim Women Foundation Library
10883 Saskatchewan Dr., No. 2005
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6E 4S6
Ph: (403) 439-5088
Founded: 1995
Holdings: 1000 vols.
EGYPT
Arab League Information Centre
Midan, Al-Tahir
Cairo, Egypt.
Founded: 1945
Holdings: 30 000 vols., 250 periodicals
Faculty of Arabic Studies Library,
Al-Azhar University
Al-Darrasah, Al-Azhar
Cairo, Egypt.
Founded: 1933
Holdings: 16 000 vols.
Faculty of Dar al-Uloom Library,
Cairo University
Al Munirah,
Cairo, Egypt.
Ph: (02) 5729847, 5727139, 5727048
Fax: 5727477
Founded: 1946
Holdings: 46 000 vols.
Institute of Arab Research and Studies
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization Library,
1 Tolombat St. Garden City,
PO Box 229, Cairo,
Egypt.
Ph: (02) 3551648
Fax: 3562543
Founded: 1953
Holdings: 71 000 vols.
Institute of Islamic Studies Library
27 July St.
Zamalik,
Cairo, Egypt.
Holdings: 3 000 vols.
FRANCE
Institut Musulman de la Grande Mosque de Paris
Bibliothèque, 1, pl du Puits de l'Ermite
75005 Paris
France.
Tel: 0145359733
Fax: 0145351623
Founded: 1926
Holdings: 20 000
GERMANY
CIBEDO Christlich-Islamische Begengnunge- und Dokumentationsstelle
Guiollettstr 35,
60325 Frankfurt/Main,
Postfach 170427, 60078 Frankfurt/Main
Germany.
Ph: (069) 726491
Fax: (069) 723052
Founded: 1978
Holdings: 8 000 vols.
Freie Universität Berlin,
Institut Für Islamwissenchaft Bibliothek
Altensteinstr 40, 14195 Berlin
Germany.
Ph: (030) 838-4117
Fax: (030) 838-2830
E-mail: islamwi@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Founded: 1948
Holdings: 35 000 vols.
INDIA
Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University)
Hamdard Nagar Library
New Delhi 11062
India.
Ph: (011) 6981932
Fax: (011) 6988874
E-mail: root@hamduni.ren.nic.in
Founded: 1992
Holdings: 150 000 vols.
INDONESIA
Insitut Agama Islam Negeri Jami'ah Raden Intan
Perpustakaan (Institute of Islamic Religion)
Jl Raya Labuhan Ratu,
Tanjungkarang, Lampung
Indonesia.
Founded: 1974
Holdings: 16 000 vols.
Insitut Agama Islam Negeri Jami'ah Ar-Raniry
Perpustakaan Induk (Institute of Islamic Studies Ar-Raniry Centre Library)
Darussalam, Banda Aceh
Indonesia.
Ph: 22921
Founded: 1963
Holdings: 70 000
IRAN
The Islamic Revolution Cultural Documentation Organization Library
The Ministry of Culture & Islamic Guidance Central Building
Tehran, Iran.
Ph: (021) 393444
Fax: (021) 3112623
Founded: 1982
Holdings: 80 000 vols.
IRAQ
Al-Awqaf Central Library
Bab AL-Muadham,
P. O. Box 14146
Baghdad, Iraq.
Ph: (01) 4169362
Fax: (01) 4167790
Founded: 1928
Holdings: 30 000 vols.
Arab Gulf States Information and Documentation Center
P. O. Box 5063
Baghdad, Iraq.
Ph: (01) 5432187
Founded: 1981
Holdings: 8 000 vols.
IRELAND
Chester Beatty Library
20 Shrewsbury Rd.
Dublin 4
Ireland.
Ph: (01) 2692386
Fax: (01) 2830983
Founded: 1952
Holdings: 8 000
ISRAEL
Al-Aqsa Mosques Library
West Bank
P. O. Box 19004
Jerusalem
Israel.
Ph: (02) 285708
Founded: 1921
Holdings: 10 000 vols.
JORDAN
Royal Academy for Islamic Civilization Research
Al Abait Foundation Library
P. O. Box 950361
Amman, Jordan.
Ph: (06) 815471
Founded: 1980
Holdings: 14 600 vols.
LEBANON
Imam Ouzal College of Islamic Studies Library
P. O. Box 14-5355
Beirut, Lebanon.
Ph: (01) 704452/4/6
Fax: (01) 704453
Founded: 1979
Holdings: 40 000 vols.
Note: Documentation Center for Bibliographic Information on Islam and the Muslim World (taken from World Guide to Special Libraries, 1998).
MALAYSIA
Perpustakaan Penyelidikan Islam
(Islamic Research Library)
Jl Duta,
Kompleks Pejabat Kerajaan,
Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia.
Ph: (03) 947377
Founded: 1974
Holdings: 11 000 vols.
MAURITANIA
Arab Library
Chinguetti, Mauritania.
Holdings: 3 500 vols.
MOROCCO
Centre d'études Islamiques
Bibliothèque,
Taroudant, Morocco.
Holdings: 8 000 vols.
NETHERLANDS
University of Amsterdam - Institute for Modern Near Eastern Studies
Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies Library
Oude Turfmarkt 129
NL-1012 GC Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
Ph: 31 20 5254424
Fax: 31 20 5254681
Founded: 1956
Holdings: 20 000 vols.
PAKSITAN
Islamic Research Institute Library
P. O. Box 1035
Islamabad 44000
Pakistan.
Ph: (051) 850751
Founded: 1956
Holdings: 55 000 vols.
Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry Library
P. O. Box 3831
Karachi 75600
Pakistan.
Ph: 92 21 5874910
Fax: 21 5870765
E-mail: icci@paknet3.ptc.pk
Founded: 1989
PERU
Instituto de Estudios Islamicos - Biblioteca General
Calle Rey de Bahamonde 121
Vista Alegre, Sucro
Lima 33, Peru.
Ph: 51 14 489720
Founded: 1968
Holdings: 15 000
SAUDI ARABIA
King Abdul Aziz Historical Information Center Library
P. O. Box 2945
King Faisal Hospital Road
Riyadh 11461,
Saudi Arabia.
Ph: 966 1 4412573
Fax: 966 1 4417020
Founded: 1975
Holdings: 35 000
King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies
P. O. Box 51049
Riyadh 11543,
Saudi Arabia.
Ph: (01) 4652255
Fax: (01) 4659993
Founded: 1983
Holdings: 30 000
SINGAPORE
Muslim Missionary Society Singapore Library
Jamiyah Library
PKM Building
Lorong 108, Changi
Singapore 1542
Ph: 3483419
Founded: 1979
Holdings: 5 500
SCOTLAND
Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Islamic Studies Library
University of Edinburgh
7-8 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW
Scotland.
Ph: 44 131 6504182
SPAIN
Instituto Egipcio de Estudios Islámicos - Biblioteca Árabe
Francisco de Asis Mendez Casariego, 1, 28002 Madrid,
Spain.
Tel: (91) 5639468
Fax: (91) 5638640
Founded: 1950
Holdings: 23 000 cols.
Instituto Egipcio de Estudios Islámicos - Biblioteca Extranjera
Francisco de Asis Mendez Casariego, 1, 28002 Madrid.
Spain.
Tel: (91) 5639468
0 Holdings: 7 000
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Departmento de Estudios Arabes e Islámicos
Facultad de Fiología Biblioteca
Ciudad Universitaria
28040 Madrid,
Spain.
Tel: (91) 3945368
Fax: (91) 3945375
Email: arabpt@ecumvx.sim.ucm.es
Founded: 1945
Holdings: 9 000
SUDAN
College for Arabic and Islamic Studies Library
P. O. Box 328
Omdurman, Sudan.
Holdings: 23 000 vols.
SWITZERLAND
Universität Bern,
Institut fur Islamwissenschaft Bibliothek
Unitobler, Langgasstr 49,
3 000 Bern 9.
Switzerland.
TURKEY
Organization of the Islamic Conference - Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture - IRRICA Library
Barbaros Bulvari
Yildiz Sarayi
Besiktas 80700
Istanbul, Turkey.
Ph: 90 212 2591742
E-mail: irciced@yunus.mam.tubitak.gov.tr
UNITED KINGDOM
University of Durham
Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Library
South End House
South Road
Durham DH1 3TG
England.
Ph: (0191) 3864971
Founded: 1950
Holdings: 139 000 vols.
Islamic Computing Centre Library
73 St. Thomas's Road
London N4 2QT
England.
Ph: 44 171 3596233
Fax: 44 171 2262024
Founded: 1982
Holdings: 2 000
UNITED STATES
American Institute of Islamic Studies Library
P. O. Box 100398
Denver, CO 80250
United States.
Ph: (303) 936 - 0108
Fax: (303) 936 - 0108
Founded: 1965
Holdings: 10 000 vols.
Federation of Islamic Associations in the US and Canada Library
25231 5 Mile Rd.
Redford, MI 48239
United States.
Ph: (313) 534 - 3295
Fax: (313) 534 - 1474
Founded: 1981
Holdings: 10 000 vols.
Harvard University - Hamilton A. R. Gibb Islamic Seminar Library
Widener, Rm Q,
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States.
Ph: (617) 495 - 5701
Holdings: 5 515 vols.
Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions Library
RD 13, Rte. 301
Carmel, NY 10512
United States.
Ph: (914) 225 - 1445
FAX: (914) 225 - 1485
E-mail: iaswr@aol.com
Founded: 1970
Holdings: 73 764 books
Islamic Society of North America Library
P. O. Box 38
Plainfield, IN 46168
United States.
Ph: (317) 839 - 8157
Fax: (317) 839 - 8140
Islamic Library Association Library
8109 Farralone Ave.
Canoga Park, CA 91304 - 3931
United States.
Ph: (818) 347 - 4648
Fax: (818) 347 - 4648
Founded: 1980
School of Islamic and Social Sciences Library
750A Miller Dr.
Leesburg, VA 20175
United States.
Ph: (703) 779 - 7477
Fax: (703) 779 - 7999
E-mail: school@siss.edu
URL: http:///www.siss.edu
Founded: 1996
YEMEN
Great Mosque Library
Al Jamia al Kabir
San'a, Yemen.
Founded: 1925
Holdings: 10 000 vols.
* Most of the libraries listed above were sourced from "World Guide to Special Libraries" (1998) and "Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers" (1999).
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