(4) Directorate of Deposit and Library Services

Main Activity (Responsibilities):

The directorate is responsible for preserving the cultural product in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in various types of works (books, brochures, audiovisual materials, periodicals…etc.) It follows up the necessary technical procedures (such as indexing and classification, electronic indexing, binding, and so on). The directorate prepares a national bibliography which is affordable to the recipients of the service. It is also responsible for recording books, placing them on shelves, and providing the current briefing service. The directorate furthermore holds cultural events and activities promoting and reviving reading among local community inside and outside the library. It furthermore offers appropriate training for students and graduates specialized in the library and information science.

Main Tasks:

1.  Acquiring, preserving, organizing, and introducing national intellectual production in the Kingdom and abroad.
2. Issuing, publishing national bibliographies and facilitating their use.
3. Supporting the construction of new libraries and providing reference services to academics and scholars who use the Department's holdings.
4. Establishing library standards, technical processing of intellectual output, and developing a unified index.
5. Carrying out indexing tasks in accordance with the provisions of the law governing the protection of copyright and related rights concerning the current classification and deposit system.
6. Organizing dedication and exchange programs, exhibitions, and cooperative relationships with pertinent institutions.

Directorate of Deposit and Library Services consists of three divisions:

(4-1) Deposit Center:

 Depositing is a system that requires the author, publisher, or printing company to register their classifications and similar materials officially in the Deposit Center to document intellectual national output either published or printed for Jordanian or non-Jordanian authors in Jordan, and for Jordanian authors living abroad.

ISBN: is the international standard book number. It provides an international identity and each book has a unique number that cannot be replicated in another country.

Task list:

• Granting a specific deposit number for works (books/audiovisual materials/computer programs/graphic and design works), bearing in mind the deposit provisions stipulated in the copyright protection law No. 22 of 1992 and its amendments and the classification deposit system No. 4 of 1994.
•  Depositing actual classification confining to deposit system's Article No. 4.
• Granting an international standard book number.

• (4-2) Technical Services Division

  This division handles technical processing including (indexing, classification and recording) of deposited books and preparing the national bibliography. 

  Task list:

• Issuing an index card during publishing for books that adhere to Anglo-American indexing standards and the 23rd Arabic version of the Dewey Decimal Classification.
• Issuing explanatory indicators for classifications describing their subject matter.
• Registering and recording physical deposited books in manual registry and documentation.  
• Entering serial numbers of books digitally and issuing a protection sticker (barcode).
• Electronic processing of eBook data on the Symphony system in compliance with Mark 21 regulations.
• Compiling lists of books for the purpose of archiving and binding.
• Publishing the National bibliography for the sake of cataloging, managing, organizing, and presenting the national intellectual output.
• Organizing the bibliographic data of legal deposit volumes received by the library according to subject, and adding explanatory appendices to them.
• Making the bibliography available on the Department's website annually in an electronic format.
• Training college students and interested individuals to use cataloging and classification.
• Managing the children's library and supplying it with the most recent materials, as well as planning cultural activities for children and school children.

• (4-3) General Services Division

  The division offers reference, counseling, and information services to beneficiaries of various age groups and cultural backgrounds. The division also receives books that are actually deposited and granted, then organizes them on the shelves in accordance with the Dewey Decimal System. It gathers and preserves other classifications rather than books. Additionally, establishing Libraries in Jordan and providing them with books. Furthermore, it organizes the books in the directorate’s stores.

   

  Task list:

• Receiving deposited books at the National Library by the Technical Services Division and shelving them in accordance with the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
• Receiving other classifications rather than books (audio, audiovisual, computer programs, drawings, etc.) by the Depository Center, then archiving and saving them electronically.
• Receiving bound books from the binding division, modifying them using Symphony system, then shelving them according to Dewey Decimal Classification System.
• Receiving magazines and newspapers from the Deposit division after binding, then indexing and shelving them.
• Providing library and Information Services (continuous briefing service, selective broadcasting service, and photography) to library's researchers, scholars, and beneficent library users.
• Implementing donation and exchange agreements with foreign and Arab organizations and libraries.
• Donating diverse books to individuals and institutions to increase intellectual and national awareness on the local and Arab levels.
• Organizing cultural campaigns to raise cultural awareness for local community organizations, such as ‘Your Book is your Friend’ campaign.
• Coordinating with the public relations section to distribute books and publications about cultural events in which the Department has organized or participated.
• Binding books, newspapers, journals, and all department’s supplies and processing them technologically.