Dubai eGovernment has announced that it has recently signed an agreement with Dubai Police Academy to provide its eLibrary service, by which all books and research material at the Academy can be searched and accessed online. Students at the Academy will now have online access to various books, periodicals, audio/video tapes and compact discs. They will also be able to avail of a variety of facilities such as searching for a title through a range of general, author, series or subject-based keywords, as well as browsing through a wide-ranging collection of subjects, catalogues and websites.
eLibrary is an electronic library system that enables the registered libraries to add digital information on library resources that can be searched, reserved and loaned electronically. eLibrary can be accessed through http://eLibrary.dubai.ae
Salem Al Shair, eServices Director, Dubai eGovernment, said, "The signing of this agreement between Dubai eGovernment and Dubai Police Academy can be regarded as the implementation phase of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed's USD 10 billion initiative announced during the World Economic Forum in Jordan, which aims to support and develop scientific research that will in turn contribute to the creation of an information society in the region. This agreement is a great opportunity for cooperation in the area of information and libraries, both in the UAE and the region as a whole."
Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Fahad, General Manager, Dubai Police Academy, said, "The signing of this agreement between Dubai eGovernment and Dubai Police Academy can be regarded as the implementation phase of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed's USD 10 billion initiative announced during the World Economic Forum in Jordan, which aims to support and develop scientific research that will in turn contribute to the creation of an information society in the region. This agreement is a great opportunity for cooperation in the area of information and libraries, both in the UAE and the region as a whole."
The eLibrary service aims at centralising and building an online library, providing a single reference point for researchers, minimising spending across government departments, automating the libraries of government departments' and enhancing the overall efficiency of library services.
Dubai Police Academy is one of the world's leading centres of excellence in all aspects of law enforcement theory and practice. In particular, the Academy stands at the technological forefront in the research, development and promotion of state-of-the-art policing and security systems throughout the region.
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Editor's Note:
Dubai eGovernment is a pioneering initiative in the region to provide online services across the spectrum of corporate and community life in the emirate. It also has a vision to integrate
individually automated government departments under the single umbrella of the eGovernment initiative, thus empowering employees across lines of businesses and levels of government, besides facilitating the lives of citizens and customers of the government. Dubai has taken a lead in the region in deploying eGovernment applications and is among the first few governments in the world to provide such integrated services to its citizens. The eGovernment portal (www.dubai.ae) is a single contact point masking the complexity of the bureaucratic procedures, and guiding access to all services in the easiest possible way. In addition, the eGovernment initiative seeks to improve and enhance procedures by maximizing the benefit from technology, so that users from all walks of life will be able to utilize the portal for their specific needs with considerable ease.
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