Due to the accuracy and speed of work provided by computers, especially when working on large databases, so it was necessary to direct the library's work towards electronic programs and systems, so a committee was formed from one of the programmers in the central library with a group of engineers and programmers affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to work for the central library for the purpose of designing and programming these systems, and work has been on this project since the end of 2010, and indeed several systems have been designed and introduced to work and the work has reached very advanced stages, noting that these systems share in being networked data systems prepared by MS Access that can be dealt with by more than one user at the same time and deal with a central (database) in terms of data feeding or retrieval (search and editing operations.

The automatic index of publications-

- Index of periodicals

- Index of theses and dissertations of Iraqi universities

- Work is underway in a special index and booklet for references

Automated Systems Used in the Central Library Data Base Excess

Electronic Index System

 

System Objectives

A- Facilitating the process of searching for the library's contents such as books, references, treatises, CDs, manuscripts, anecdotes ... etc. in the library for researchers and students for the purpose of borrowing according to the author's name, book title, or topic.

 B - Preparing various reports about the library's contents in terms of numbers and types, very quickly.

    C - Save data electronically

     D- The ease and accuracy of preparing quarterly and annual inventory reports.

The number of entries in the system reached (72930) in Arabic and (22472) in English.

This system was also circulated to the colleges and centers of the university for the purpose of indexing the contents of their branch libraries and unifying them with the index of the Central Library to make it easier for the researcher from one place to search within all university libraries to access the books or the required information.

     The colleges have started sending their paper indexes to the central library, and the specialized staff has entered the data of their faculties into the system, and the number of entries for each of them has reached so far:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Comprehensive Guide System for Iraqi Dissertations and Theses

System Objectives:

A- Preparing a comprehensive electronic and paper guide of theses and dissertations in Iraqi universities from 1968 until now, making it easier for the researcher to quickly access all the previously submitted theses with the required specialization.

B - Preparing various reports on theses and theses according to the subject, university, college ... etc.

C - Save data electronically.

 

 

The number of dissertations and theses that have been collected and entered into the system has reached (70204) so ​​far, and work is continuing to classify them according to specialization with the required revision work on them, knowing that work is continuing to enter the contents of the remaining libraries and centers during the coming period.

Periodical System

System Objectives:

A- Preparing an electronic and paper index with the library’s contents from periodicals and researches within these periodicals. The researcher can search quickly through the electronic search provided by the program.

B- Saving data electronically.

(104147) searches for the system were entered, which are included in (1239) periodicals.

Bibliography System

System Objectives:

A- Preparing an electronic and paper booklet with the library's contents from the references and topics within these references. The researcher can search quickly through the electronic search provided by the program.

B - Saving data electronically.

(1776400) subjects have been entered into the system and are located within (1029) references.