Library Sciences:

Libraries were the learning houses that led to Islamic golde age. Books from languages all around the world were translated in Arabic and made available in libraries that Muslims of those times were really fond of. Everywhere they went, they took their books and wisdom with them. This enabled them to access knowledge that no other nation had it in one place. It broke all language barriers and geographical restrictions to knowledge. 
If we wish to regain our glory, dedication to knowledge, education and libraries will play a key role.

Now there are various levels and scales of libraries we need to build:

Research Libraries: containing biggest possible collections to enable objective and comprehensive research
Public libraries: enabling public access to knowledge on a wide range of topics
Mosque/ Community centre libraries: These libraries need to be built in all mosques and coupled with some form of lecure programs to engage our youth and deliver authentic Islamic knowledge to them.

Libraries at their own, however, would not be help us achieve objectives of revivial and renasiance alone. They need to be coupled with an overhaul of educational systems and creation of leaders at national and community level. 

We need various levels of support to establish these different types of libraries and in whatever capacity we can contribute, we should. 
It is important to note that libraries no longer mean collection of books only. It can also be collection of digital objects (like our library).
Most of us would be able to establish and contribute towards digital and our mosques libraries.

In this bookshelf, you can find information about establishment of digital as well mosque libraries.
​Books:
  • English - A Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts (109 page) - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute, Tonk, Rajasthan, India - Note: Though the book numbers are for a particular collection and of little use to online readers, what can be of interest to researchers is the books titles and their authors (Download)
  • English - Arabic and the Art of Printing (Download)
  • English - Catalogue of Bengali printed books in the library of the British Museum (published in 1922) - Read / Download
  • English - Catalogue (supplementary) of Bengali printed books in the library of the British Museum (published in 1922) - Read / Download
  • English - Catalogue of Marathi and Gujarati printed books in the library of the British Museum (published in 1922) - Read / Download
  • English - Catalogue of Hindustani printed books in the library of the British Museum (published in 1922) - Read / Download
  • English - Catalogue of Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, and Pushtu printed books in the library of the British Museum (published in 1922) - Read / Download
  • English - Digitization of library resources and the formation of digital libraries: a practical approach (Download)
  • English - How Islamic Learning Transformed the West - An Overview of Bayt ul Hikmah (Download)
  • English - Introduction to Library science (Read / Download)
  • English - Introduction to Library Automation (Download)
  • English - Indexing of Arabic Names (a useful guide for librarians) - (Download)
  • Urdu - Islami Kutub Khanay - Book by Muhammad Zubair of Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh (Download)
  • English - Islamic Manuscripts in the Schoenberg Collection at Pennsylvania University (Download) 
  • English - Knowledge, Learning Institutions and Libraries in Islam (Download)
  • English - Library Administration (Read / Download)
  • English - Library Classifications (Read / Download)
  • English - Library Management and Promotion (Download)
  • English - ​Manuscripts and printing in the spread of Muslim science (Download)
  • English - Muslim Printing Before Gutenberg (Download)
  • English - Scholarly Traditions of the Schools in Baghdad - The Mustansiria as a Model (Download)
  • English - School library management (Read / Download)
  • English - The Great Book Collectors (Download)
  • English - The Abbasids’ House of Wisdom in Baghdad (Download)
  • English - The Beginning of the Paper Industry (Download)
  • English - The fate of Manuscripts in Iraq and Elsewhere (Download)
 
  • Urdu - Ahd e Abbasi main kutub khano ki Tarweej wa Ishaat Kay Asbaab By Maulana Abdul Haleem Chishti - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Dar ul Musanifeen ki Tareekhi Khidmat - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Dar Al Musannifeen Ki Adbi Khidmat Ka Taruf - Shabab ud Din - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Daur Jahili main Arabo ke Kutub Khanay (Download)
  • Urdu - Ibn Al Nadim Al Warraq Aur Un Ki "Kitab Ul Fehrest"- Aik Jaiza - By Maulana Abdul Haleem Chishti - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Islami Kutub Khanay aur unka Intizam اسلامی کتب خانے اور اُن کا انتظام (Download)
  • Urdu - Karachi K Awami Kutub Khane (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Kitab Sazi, Waraqat - Maulana Abdul Haleem Chishti - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Kitabon Ke Darmiyan By Prof Mohsin Usmani Nadwi - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Kutub Khana Darululoom Deoband , Mazahirul uloom Saharanpur Aur Hamaray Zati Zakhiray May Mojood Shah Waliullah Sahib Ki Tasaneef Wa Taleefat Kay Qalami Nuskhon Ka Taruf By Maulana Noor Ul Hasan Rashid Kandhlavi Sahib - Read / Download
  • ​Urdu - Pakistan Main Kutub Beeni (Download)
  • Urdu - Tabsaray - Mufti Taqi Usmani (Collection of book reviews - a handy resource for librarians) - (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Taleem Gahon ke Rasail Aur Jaraid (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Tareekh e Kitab Khana (Read / Download)
  • Urdu - Waraqat: Kitab Manzil ba Manzil by Maulana Abdul Haleem Chishti - This book presents the history of Islamic book printing and paper industry under the early Islamic caliphates (Read / Download)
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  • Arabic - تاريخ الكتابة ومواد الكتابة وشكل الكتاب (Download)
Al-Mustatrifah
(Review of 1400 books)
ابو عبد اللہ محمد بن جعفر الکتانی
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ابو عبداللہ محمد بن جعفر بن ادریس معروف الکتانی1857ء کو فاس شہر میں پیدا ہوئے۔ تما م علوم وفنون کی تعلیم اپنے خاندان میں ہی حاصل کی ۔ 18 سال کی عمر میں تحصیل علم کے بعد مشائخ اور بڑے علماء کے امتحان اور جانچ پرکھ کےبعد خانقاہ کتانیہ میں تدریس شروع کی اور بیس سال کی عمر میں فاس کی سب سے بڑی مسجد جامع قرویین میں تدریس کی ابتداء کی جہاں اپنے والد صاحب کی نگرانی میں تقریباً سب ہی علوم وفنون کی متعددکتابیں پڑھائیں۔تدریس کے ساتھ ساتھ تصنیف وتالیف کا کام بھی کیا ۔فقہ) حدیث ،تاریخ، تصوف، تفسیر، سیرت اور انساب وغیرہ جیسے موضوعات پر ساٹھ سے زائد کتابیں تصنیف کیں۔ان کی اہم کتب میں سے زیر تبصرہ اہم کتاب ’’رسالہ المستطرفہ ‘‘ ہے۔ یہ کتاب علم حدیث اور کتب حدیث کے تعارف کے متعلق ہے۔ اس کتاب کا علوم حدیث اور تعارف محدثین کے حوالے سے کتابوں میں وہی مقام ہے جو عام علوم کی نسبت ابن ندیم کی مشہور کتاب الفہرست لابن الندیم کا ہے۔ یہ کتاب حدیث اور علوم حدیث کے 1400 کتابوں کے تذکرے اور چھ صد کے قریب مشہور محدثین کے تراجم اور تعارف پرمشتمل ہے۔ اس میں ہر کتاب صاحب کتاب کا مختصر جامع تعارف ،نقد اور تبصرہ علامہ کتانی نے بڑی جامعیت کےساتھ پیش کیاہے۔ کتاب ہذا اسی کتاب کاترجمہ ہے۔ترجمہ کی سعادت مولانا مفتی شعیب احمد نے حاصل کی ہے۔ مکتبہ رحمانیہ نے اسے حسن ِطباعت سےآراستہ کیا ہے۔ 
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Book Digitization and Digital Islamic Libraries - A case study of Australian Islamic Library
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