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AUC Libraries and Learning Technologies
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<p>AUC Libraries and Learning Technologies (LLT) is the main library of the <a href="/facts/American_University_in_Cairo/Ghc5Ne30">American University in Cairo</a>. It is located on the University’s New Campus, in <a href="/facts/New_Cairo/KxlGqybo">New Cairo</a>, Egypt. </p><p>LLT is composed of several units: the Main Library, the Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL; includes University Archives and Records Management), and the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). </p><p>Together, these units form one of the largest, and most important academic research libraries in Egypt . Despite its physical location in Egypt, the American University of Cairo is accredited in the United States by the <a href="/facts/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools/q0aWEc6p">Middle States Commission of Higher Education</a> (formerly a part of MSA); the School of Libraries and Learning Technologies therefore implements US standards and practices in all aspects of its work. </p><p>AUC Libraries and Learning Technologies is a member of the <a href="/facts/Association_of_College_and_Research_Libraries/ljsjgWKG">Association of College and Research Libraries</a>, a division of the <a href="/facts/American_Library_Association/3jVtqULk">American Library Association</a> (ALA), a member of the <a href="/facts/Center_for_Research_Libraries/Yo79y20K">Center for Research Libraries</a>’ Global Resources Network, and a member of IFLA. It is also a member of the <a href="/facts/AMICAL_Consortium/09CPPYNm">AMICAL Consortium</a>, and participates in <a href="/facts/OCLC/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a>’s resource-sharing programs ILLiad and SHARES. </p><p>As of February 2015, its holdings include some 70,000 electronic journals in over 138 databases; over 480,000 volumes of printed books (of which: 348,453 volumes in English, 102,655 volumes in Arabic, 26,657 volumes in French, 6,071 volumes in German, in addition to minor holdings in other languages). The Libraries also provides access to over 250,000 e-book titles, and several thousand titles in theses, maps, microforms, and audiovisual materials. </p><p>The Libraries are open to all AUC faculty members, students and staff. Visiting researchers whose work requires use of the collections are also admitted. </p>