The AUK Library Signs Agreement with Mubarak Al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College (MAJCSC)

The growing collaboration between The American University in Kuwait and the Mubarak Al-Abdullah Command and Staff College (MAJCSC) in the area of non-military academic courses and lectures was sealed recently with an agreement allowing the military students' access to the AUK Library for the provision of information resources to 130 students and staff working on their research papers. The agreement provides MAJCSC with access to the AUK Library's extensive print and electronic resources, which include borrowing privileges and access to full-text scholarly e-content via the library's on-line databases.

This initiative was instigated by MAJCSC Directing Staff, Colonel Stephen Kilpatrick, Wing Commander Mark Presley, LT. Col Abdullah Al-Dosari, LT. Col Jassem Nasrallah. The initiative received the support and approval of Brigadier Abdullah Dashti, who endorsed the idea of extending MAJCSC students' access to a wider array of information resources. Proposing this initiative to the Interim President of AUK, Dr. Nizar Hamzeh, he wholly supported it and worked with the AUK Library Director, Ms. Asma Al-Kanan, to translate the initiative into actual collaboration between the AUK Library and the MAJCSC. Following the signing of the agreement, the College students and staff visited the AUK Library for an orientation session and a chance to explore the facilities and to talk to the Library personnel.

The collaboration between the AUK Library and MAJCSC comes as part of AUK's policy to reach out the wider Kuwaiti community and support the national interest. The new agreement will enable MAJCSC students to access world-class academic publications needed for their research in the area of defense and security. Both AUK and Mubarak Al-Abdullah Command and Staff College look forward to extending and deepening their growing collaboration.

Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 9th October 2013