The Library, a part of the University, was founded in 1991 with the purpose of providing different sources of knowledge to all academic specializations. It also aimed at serving both students and staff members, in addition to researchers.

The paper holdings of the library amount to ((69.000 Arabic and foreign titles and that is equivalent to (105.200) volumes. The library subscribes to (26) Arabic and foreign journals. It also subscribes to the English EBSCO electronic books comprising 250.000 titles, in addition to the EBSCO English. Periodicals comprising (29) database besides Adala program of the faculty of law and IEEE aspp database for Engineering and Information Faculties.

The library also holds a good amount of non- paper holdings (Audio – visual aids videos tapes, tapes, CD, Floppies and DVDs). It might constitute care for establishing a multimedia Center, in addition to a collection of theses and research papers of graduating students.