Invited by Al-Ifla Regional Center of Qatar National Library, a number of employees of Al Hussein Bin Talal Library at Yarmouk University participated in the workshops organized by the Center remotely on how to preserve the visual-audio and audio heritage collections.

Prof. Omar al-Ghoul, the library's director, explained that the first workshop was entitled "Preserving the heritage of our audio recordings: a brief history of audio recordings" while the second workshop was entitled "Introduction to the maintenance of audio materials".

Interestingly, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has chosen Qatar National Library as the regional center for the maintenance and preservation of library materials in the Arab region and the Middle East.