The Tarbiat Modares University is one of the nations leading public universities. Groundbreaking research is underway in dozens of research centers, institutes and labs across campus and off-campus, focused on producing technology and innovation that will help drive economic growth while improving human life on a global scale. With top-ranked programs in the sciences, engineering, computing, agriculture, arts, natural resources, and related areas, Tarbiat Modares University is committed to educating future leaders in science and technology.

Scientific Resources and Library Management:

• Library Services
• Audio-Visual Department
• Department of Interlibrary loan & Article delivery
• Hardware and Software Support Department
• Technical services Department
• Acquisition department
• Academic Information Department

About:

History

The history of the central library of Tarbiat Modares University began in 1982 in an area of 158 square meters with 1500 titles of Persian and non-Persian books.
Currently, in a space of 7,200 square meters in four levels, visitors to Tarbiat Modares University and other universities offer their services

Goals

Supporting Universitys educational and research programs, preserving, disseminating and promoting knowledge through the provision of rapid and easy access to the community of users of the information resources needed.
Central Library of Tarbiat Modarres University is one of the important arms in achieving these goals.

• Providing efficient and effective services using the latest information and information technologies to accelerate and increase the quantitative and qualitative information service to users.

Public spaces of the Central Library

Two search halls with a capacity of 75 systems for searching and studying theses / dissertations and electronic resources of Persian and nonpersian.
A repository of Latin books and two Persian repositories with the possibility of studying locally Reference and documentation section.
Two study rooms for use by ladies and gentlemen with a capacity of 300 people.
Two study rooms equipped with wireless to use laptop with a capacity of 120 people

Departments:

Library Services Unit

The purpose of each library is to collect and organize resources, to provide services to users. The bulk of these services is borne by the librarians service department. This group consists of trusts, journals, reference.

• Loan section
  Inthis section, the repository of Persian and Latin books is located, and library members can read these books outside of the library after they have borrowed them.
• Journal section
  Currently, there is a large archive of Persian and non-persian printed publications in the library (about 300,000 copies of the non-persian and Persian editions), which can be searched through their titles through the central library software. With the replacement of the policy of facilitating and increasing the access of users to electronic journals, instead of purchasing limited print titles, the current full text of articles is available. Many of the titles of the Persian and non-persian publications are available through shared databases.
• Reference section
  Resources in this section include:
  Reference books including encyclopedias, standards, dictionaries, etc.
  Electronic references such as light software, insert, Britannica and…….
  Regarding the nature of the activities of the reference section, most of the requests of clients are in the form of oral questions, including questions from the librarian; the use of library saftware (Simorgh) and databases; referral services to other information and library centers; search and definition of words and the definition of subject areas in research questions; guidance on the use of reference software and finding new sources of reference that has an electronic format or on related sites such as Statistics Center, etc. Due to its nature, accurate statistics can not be obtained from the number of referrals, and only the statistics of the study books and the loan is provided.

Audio-Visual Unit

Audience group is aimed at using visual and auditory information and equipment to support the research activities of faculty members and university students, and includes two units of procurement and production and training.
Preparation and production of photographs and research films required by university users, filming of conferences and scientific andresearch meetings of the university.
Duplication and conversion of educational and research audio and video sources systems.
Lending audio-visual equipment and training on how to use them Scan (print) scans, Provide visual-audiovisual learning services including: Providing, organizing, borrowing and training the use of audio visual information resources.
Providing computer systems to users at the learning location.

Books & Articles Ordering Unit

The task of this group is to provide the information resources needed by faculty members and students of TarbiatModarres University from inside or outside the country.

Hardware & Software Support Unit

Support for software and hardware and the central library network is the responsibility of this department

Technical Services Unit

Cataloging books and references in Persian, Arabic, Latin, etc. according to the L.C classification system from the US Congress Library www.loc.gov/index.html, the National Bibliography of Iran www.nlai.ir and the Knowledge Catalogers;

• Preparation of all classified information sources for submission to related groups
• Transfer of information resources including books, dissertations, journals, articles, documents and electronic resources to specialized library software
• Paid with graduates of the TarbiatModarres University and receive the electronic and electronic format of thesis and dissertation

Document Provision Unit

The task of the department is the provision of information resources such as books, journals, databases, visual and audioresources, both internal and external (print and electronic), needed by students and faculty members at TarbiatModares University.

Databases Unit

The department has experienced library and information experts who are responsible for providing online services including thisesand dissertations of Tarbiat Modarres University, as well as international scientific publishers databases such as Elsevier , Sprinter, Nature ,Wiley and other international and national publishers.

Contact Us:

• Tel: +98 21 82883090
• Fax: +98 21 88220120
• E-Mail: headlib@modares.ac.ir