Indirect Services or Technical Services

It means services related to the technical procedures and processes carried out by the library workers without being seen directly by users, even though they benefit from the final results. These services include the following:

• Acquisition: This involves providing and developing library information sources through purchasing, exchange or gifts.


• Cataloging and Classification:Involves technical processing of library collections in accordance with the classification scheme of the Library of Congress and MARC21 plan, as well as the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules in its second edition, and entering it in the library management system.