Ha'il, October 6: Al Manhal signed an ePublishing agreement with Dar Al Andalus for Publishing & Distribution. The agreement was signed by Mr. Salem Saleh Al-Mulq, Al Andalus General Manager, and Mr. Mohamed Atia Al Shafi, Content Development Manager at Al Manhal.

Under the agreement, Al Manhal gained copyrights to electronically publish the scientific, cultural and literary publications and releases of Dar Al Andalus, and distribute them under categorized databases and collections to universities and scientific research centers through its full-text searchable platform.

Both sides stressed the importance of this agreement in enriching Arabic digital content, through building a specialized Arabic databases with high quality books and electronic journals using the best-in-class technologies which ease and enable an effective research process.

On his part, Mr. Salem Saleh Al-Mulq, Al Andalus General Manager, stated that this agreement adds value to Arabic electronic content in face of the rapid flow of information in the age of modern technology and sophisticated information retrieval systems and management where databases are the most feasible and beneficial to university libraries and scientific centers.