Library Division
👁️ Vision
To make the library of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences a leading center of knowledge and a primary supporter of scientific research across all sports education disciplines and related sciences.
🚀 Mission
Providing information and knowledge resources (paper and electronic) and textbooks for students, faculty members, and researchers, organizing and making them accessible according to the latest library standards to deliver distinguished services.
🔗 Electronic Portals
Theses and Dissertations
Browse the college's digital repository
Central Library
The comprehensive digital portal of Kirkuk University
🧩 Administrative Structure and Affiliated Units
Beneficiary Services Unit
Specializes in direct communication with students and researchers, organizing and managing internal and external borrowing processes, preparing reading halls, providing research support and library guidance, and overseeing the free distribution of textbooks and required curricula across all academic levels to ensure financial and administrative clearance.
Technical Procedures Unit
Handles internal technical and organizational operations of the library, including cataloging and classification of purchased or donated books and resources, building the library's electronic archive and catalog, photocopying and binding dissertations and rare books, and conducting comprehensive annual inventory checks of library assets.
🎯 Library Objectives and Goals
- Supporting Curricula and Education: Supporting the educational process by acquiring printed and electronic information resources to enhance academic curricula and author modern books.
- Providing Modern Resources: Providing modern scientific books, resources, and CDs for undergraduate, postgraduate students, and researchers.
- Supporting Scientific Research: Providing information resources that support the scientific research plan in physical education, and providing internet access to keep pace with global research developments.
- Maintaining Collections: Photocopying and binding books acquired from book fairs to preserve them, ensuring maximum availability for student benefit.
🔄 Library Borrowing System
📗 Internal Borrowing
The responsible officer hands over the resource to the borrower upon presenting their personal ID (or library/college ID) along with the book card. The book must be returned no later than the end of official working hours on the same day.
🎒 External Borrowing
The resource is handed over to the borrower upon presenting their ID, with a borrowing period of three days only. A security deposit equivalent to the book's value is required to guarantee the timely return and prevent loss.
📊 Illustrative Table of Resource Book Titles and Quantities
| # | Book Category / Specialization | Available Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Special Needs Sports (Disability Studies) | 8 |
| 2 | Scouting | 14 |
| 3 | Handball | 14 |
| 4 | Teaching Methods | 30 |
| 5 | Sports Physiology | 6 |
| 6 | Weightlifting | 8 |
| 7 | Management and Organization | 44 |
| 8 | Sports Biomechanics | 8 |
| 9 | Scientific Research | 8 |
| 10 | Motor Learning | 35 |
| 11 | Gymnastics | 20 |
| 12 | Swimming | 20 |
| 13 | Track and Field / Athletics | 17 |
| 14 | Racket Sports | 7 |
| 15 | Volleyball | 18 |
| 16 | Fencing | 8 |
| 17 | Sports Injuries | 52 |
| 18 | Sports Training | 93 |
| 19 | English Books | 16 |
| 20 | Sports Psychology | 32 |
| 21 | Measurement and Evaluation | 9 |
| 22 | Basketball | 14 |
| 23 | Football (Soccer) | 55 |
| 24 | Wrestling | 5 |
