Since its establishment, the Library has joined the Lebanese Library Association and the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information. In 2006, it became a member of the Arabic Union Catalog. The Library participates in meetings and specialized workshops locally, regionally and globally.
In 2011, a branch Library was opened in Tyre, and according to the plan of University campus in Wardaniyeh, there will be a separate building with five levels allocated for the University Library.
IUL Library received a Certificate of Appreciation for “excellence in quality” during the fourth conference of the Arabic Union Catalog (in 2011) for its commitment to the standards of cataloging rules.
The Library objective is to support the academic community including instructors, researchers, students and staff through providing different types of information resources and quality services that meet international standards, in line with the strategic objectives of the University.
The Library aims at enhancing its role as an essential partner in the process of research and education and as a liaison between the members of the academic community. As such, the Library seeks, with its different logistic and moral routes, to encourage and support reading, intellectual interaction, teamwork, research production and information literacy.
IUL Library adopts and encourages open access to Information and Knowledge.
The Library collection includes more than 30,000 titles, or more than 40,000 items: books, periodicals, audio-visual materials, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other resources. These collections cover all the specialties in three languages: Arabic, French and English, in addition to few other languages.
The Library applies the open shelf system. Library services are managed by the Integrated Library System (ILS) “Symphony” from Sirsi-Dynix and the 3M Radio Frequency Identification system (RFID) for security and collection management.
In addition to the collection classified based on the Dewey Decimal Classification, the Library holds a collection of fiction, in different languages and a collection of Graduation Projects and theses.
The Library also provides a considered number of theses and dissertations with copies in full text via the online catalog.