In the Archives Section are also housed original United Kingdom masters and doctoral thesis by University of Bahrain Faculty. United States theses are cataloged and placed in the stacks under the call number, because they can be repurchased if lost. A dditionally the Archives is used to house items which by their nature would disappear if on the shelves.
Limited access is provided for security reasons.
So publications primarily composed of loose maps, or rare items are also treated as Archives. The United States colleges and universties college catalogs have been acqired on microfiche and the latest copy is available in Sakair campus and the earlier edition is kept in Isa Town campus library. These catalogs are located in the Refrence Department of both the campus libraries. Also on CD-ROMS we have Petersons Graduate and Undergraduate Colleges guides. In addition, we have several directories which lists universities and colleges around the word.