About
The Library of the School of Public Health was established in 1996 and has since been dedicated to providing comprehensive library services to esteemed faculty members, students, and colleagues.
The library's resources encompass a range of general subjects, including psychology, religious studies, management, history, sociology, and literature, as well as specialized subjects such as statistics, epidemiology, environmental health, occupational health, public health, nutrition, food industries, and entomology.
Access to the library is open to all users; however, borrowing privileges are reserved for registered library members. The library operates from Saturday to Wednesday, with working hours from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Available library services include:
- Book lending by library regulations
- On-site access to non-circulating resources
- Acquisition of books and other media
- Conducting needs assessments in collaboration with professors, researchers, and students
- Engaging in communication and cooperation with the central library and other faculty libraries and centers
- Providing a dedicated website for searching and conducting research activities, which includes access to the full text of a majority of both foreign and domestic research journals
- Disseminating up-to-date information to all patrons, including announcements about new books and information services.

The library's collection is as follows:
- Total number of registered books: 25880 copies
- Total number of available books: 18721 copies
- Number of weeded books: 7,159 copies
- Number of available Persian books: 15820 copies
- Number of available Latin books: 2,901 copies
- Number of doctoral theses: 3 titles
- Number of master's theses: 281 titles
- Total number of bachelor's theses: 771 titles (178 titles in CD format and 593 titles in printed form)
- Number of computers designated for specialized searches: 23 devices
- Number of computers for searching theses and e-books: 1 device
- Number of printers: 1 device (shared)

This overview reflects the library's commitment to supporting academic excellence and facilitating research endeavors within the School of Public Health.

Vision:
The vision of the School of Public Health Library in the coming years is to introduce itself as the most prestigious educational and research center in the field of public health in the west of the country and to achieve a valuable position among educational and research centers inside and outside the country.

Goals and Objectives:
The School Library endeavors to align its objectives and tasks with the overall mission and goals of the university.
The primary commitments include:
- Supporting the university's educational and research initiatives by providing access to the most current resources and references as mandated by the Ministry.
- Identifying and addressing the informational needs of the academic community through adequate facilities.
- Collecting, organizing, and disseminating information that aligns with the goals and activities of the faculty.
- Integrating resources and services with societal developments and the evolving requirements of the academic community.
- Ensuring prompt and convenient access to information resources for faculty members, students, and university staff to support both current and future educational and research endeavors.
- Monitoring and coordinating the provision of information resources effectively.
- Maintaining and updating the content of the faculty library portal.
- Overseeing the physical conditions and human resources within the library.

Mission:
To enhance the university's educational, research, and related activities, while supporting its initiatives to promote health by providing, developing, and facilitating access to the scientific resources and information essential for the academic community, and by managing the effective utilization of these scientific resources.

Mission Values:
- Service Provision: Library staff are dedicated to delivering the highest quality service to all patrons, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and completeness in resource availability.
- Innovation: Library management persistently seeks innovative strategies for service delivery, resource provision, and the integration of new technologies and information sources.
Scientific Policies and Methods to Achieve Objectives:
- Conducting assessments to evaluate the needs associated with educational and research programs, alongside establishing regular communication with the faculty's educational groups.
- Endeavoring to secure an increased budget for the acquisition of resources essential for the educational and research activities of faculty members, researchers, and students.
- Providing optimal scientific resources relevant to the educational and research domains required by the faculty.
- Designing and implementing educational programs aimed at maximizing patron benefit from the library's existing resources and facilities.
- Acquiring and making available both printed and electronic resources.
- Offering training on the utilization of the faculty's digital resources to students to ensure the effective use of available information resources.
- Fostering collaboration among university libraries to enhance resource access through interlibrary loan services.
- Monitoring subscription fees, managing after-sales services for library software, and implementing updates for library systems.
- Conducting periodic evaluations and updates of the existing book collection.

Contact us:
Library Hours: The library is open from Saturday to Wednesday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Contact Information:
Phone: 0098-83-38263503  
Fax:0098-83-38263048  
Email: hyglib@kums.ac.ir  

Address: Faculty of Public Health, Isar Square, next to Farabi Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran.
Postt Code: 6719851351