Qatar's Education City's university libraries: patrons, collections, and services

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe Qatar's Education City's six university libraries, their international patrons, collections, and services.Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides analysis of the data provided by various parties related to patrons, collections and services of the six university libraries in Qatar's Education during the calendar year of 2009.Findings – Education City's six branch libraries successfully support the needs of their patrons' curriculum and research needs especially in the e‐resources.Originality/value – This research provides in‐depth information for the Qatar Foundation, university and library administrators of main and branch campuses related to future e‐licensing, collections acquisitions, and staffing.