Riyadh, April 2: The Saudi Society for Da’wah Studies (SSDS) at the Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University signed an ePublishing agreement with Al Manhal.

The agreement rose in the framework and efforts of SSDS and Al Manhal to strengthen the cooperation for electronic publishing. The agreement was signed by the SSDS representative at the Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Dr. Mohsen bin Othman Al-Baz, and Mr. Mohammed Attia Shafi; Content Development Manager at Al Manhal.

Under the agreement, Al Manhal will publish and distribute SSDS’s content electronically through its specialized databases for its global customer base using the latest full-text search technologies. Both sides stressed the importance of such an agreement in enriching Arabic electronic and creating specialized Arabic databases aimed at aiding universities, research centers and scientific society’s research process through providing them with quality electronic books, journals and reports.

Al Manhal is the only full-text searchable platform for Arabic electronic publications, where publishers can display their print publications electronically using the best-in-class intelligent platform, and where library users, research centers and scientific societies can access their content, regionally and globally using one of the most advanced research platforms.