The Public Knowledge Library was established on November,13th 1990,Under the directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for the benefit of the general public and to add to His gestures on the occasion of the 20th National Day.
The majority of the books are textbooks and range in intellectual level from school to university. There are also general encyclopedias, language dictionaries and atlases.`
The library strives to disseminate knowledge and culture in Omani Society, It seeks to offer a high level of excellence in order to meet the expectations of its community, answer their needs and earn their satisfaction.
The library’s target groups are students, researchers as well as the general public. At present the library has about 19000 books, in both Arabic and English. The majority of the books are textbooks and range in intellectual level from school to university. There are also general encyclopedias, language dictionaries and atlases. The library receives around 80 journals in Arabic and English. They are indexed and more than 11000 titles of important articles are made available to users .