| Based on some research, I have compiled a listing of Islamic Libraries and
Information Centres around the world. This is not an exhaustive list. Each special library
/information centre's profile below has an address, telephone and fax number. I tried to
locate the most recent contact information for each. Where possible I included information on
when the library was founded and the size of its holdings. The sources from which I located the information below are "World Guide to Special Libraries" (1998) and "Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers" (1999).
The listing below is organised alphabetically by country: ALGERIA Algeria-Bibliotheque Nationale 1 ave. Frantz Fanon Algiers 1600, Algeria. Ph: 213 630632 Founded: 1835 Holdings: 350 000 books TOP
BANGLADESH Muslim Institute Public Library Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Founded: 1931 Holdings: 7 800 vols TOP
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) 398-4688 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. TOP 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. TOP 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 TOP 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. TOP 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. TOP 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. TOP 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). TOP 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. TOP 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. TOP PAKSITAN 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. TOP 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 TOP 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 TOP Great Mosque Library Al Jamia al Kabir San'a, Yemen. Founded: 1925 Holdings: 10 000 vols. TOP Islamic Publishers | Print Resources Library Furnishings and Automation Systems | Library Catalogues | Starting Off |