The library of the OIB is a research and reference library. It provides a collection of books, journals and newspapers that comprises more than 140.000 volumes and in addition more than 16.000 electronic resources that are accessible within OIB network.
The collection includes Arabic text editions as well as scholarly literature related to Near and Middle Eastern studies in Arabic and many Western languages. The historical reading room offers reference works for scholarly purposes and is equipped with electric outlets for laptop computers and with wireless internet access for registered users. The library serves as well as a social space for public events organized by the OIB. Additionally some computers are available to visitors for scholarly purposes only.
Regular opening hours:
Mon-Thu: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Fri: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Circulation desk phone number: +961 (0)1 359235
Contact: oib-bib@orient-institut.org
Dear Library Users,
Due to renovation works of the OIB guestrooms:
Some signatures in the library are currently not available for loan presumably until end of August 2023.
B1 – 450 (Journals)
If (History Iran till 1800)
Complete J section (Modern and contemporary History since 1800)
La (Quran translations and introductions)
Complete Eb section (Arabic literature) with some exceptions (Eb 1- Eb 20 and above Eb 07979 are available)
All other signatures are available and can be requested as usually.
In case you have requests for the above mentioned signatures please contact directly the library team. We will try to get an alternative solution as far as possible.
We will keep you up to date.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
The Library Team
