00:00Hi everybody, this is Yusra Zaki for Gulf News and I am here at the House of Wisdom
00:17in Sharjah and I'm about to meet Ali who's going to show us a little bit about this amazing
00:22cultural center.
00:23So Ali, where are we right now?
00:25We are here at the lobby of the House of Wisdom and we have created this amazing exhibition
00:31that we are going to take you around and show you more about it.
00:35The exhibition was created here at the lobby in the House of Wisdom because we wanted people
00:42to know more about it by their own self.
00:44Basically, the House of Wisdom is a self-service building that we are going to explore now.
00:52Alright, so Ali, tell me, where are we right now?
00:57You need to guess that.
00:58I'm guessing it's a library.
00:59It is a library.
01:01It is one of our main components here at the House of Wisdom.
01:05It has more than 105,000 physical books and of course, speaking about being futuristic,
01:14we have the digital library here at the House of Wisdom that has up to 300,000 titles that
01:22everyone could have access and enjoy.
01:27Speaking about being futuristic, here at the House of Wisdom, we have customized this machine,
01:34software and hardware, and it has a reader beneath the table here that you don't need
01:41to approach any staff here at the library.
01:44You can just grab a book, scan it, and then you can leave the building.
01:49And to enhance the user experience, you can just return the book in the book return station
01:56that is around the building and that's it.
01:58You can leave the building.
01:59So we're here at the Espresso Books.
02:02What does that even mean?
02:03Guess what?
02:04Okay.
02:06If you want to find your book here at the library, you can easily have access to the
02:11Espresso Books machine that has up to 6 million titles on its database and you can easily print them.
02:25So where are we now?
02:27So we are here at the heart of the House of Wisdom, the courtyard.
02:32The courtyard makes you feel that you're outside the building, but literally you're
02:36inside the building enjoying this seating area that you can enjoy any book that you
02:42would like to read.
02:43The kids area.
02:44The little reader section.
02:47So throughout the year, we are focusing on the young generation from 3 to 10 years old
02:54to provide them with a great program that will enhance their knowledge and of course
03:01their breathing ability.
03:32So we've just finished our tour of the beautiful House of Wisdom in Sharjah.
03:50We saw the Zen garden, we saw the meeting rooms, and it's just such a gorgeous, quiet
03:55space.
03:56My favorite is the little pod I got to sit in and read a book.
04:00So we're going to wrap it up here and thank you for staying with us.
04:04This is Joss Rezaki for Gulf News.
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