University to organize the 1st Academic Book Fair.
His Excellency the President of King Khalid University, Prof. Abdulrahman Hamad Aldawood is inaugurating the 1st Academic Book Fair, which is going to be organized by the University Library from 20th to 30th Rabi Althani 1436 AH corresponding to 9th to 19th February 2015 AD. The Venue will be the University City, Abha. It is expected that many print houses which are specialized in academic books, will participate in the fair by showing hundreds of scientific and modern publications in a variety of scientific disciplines.
It is against this background that the Dean of Library Affairs Deanship of the University, Dr. Saeed Bin Qassim Al-Khalidi clarified that the Deanship was keen on holding such fairs in order to show modern versions of books, which tackle various medical, health, and scientific issues…etc. The Dean said, "We are committed to hold the fair especially after the success achieved by the Medical Book Fair in the previous years, in addition to the interest we felt, and the intensive turnout of the students of the university in the health and medical colleges." Al-Khalidi further clarified that the deanship was willing to organize the 1st Academic Book Fair in the beginning of the second semester of the academic year 1435/1436 AH. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for university students to buy the academic books needed for their courses during the second semester as well as to encourage them to get new books offered by the publishers at reasonable prices.
