Public Libraries open five days a week, except Friday and Saturday:
Sunday through Thursday:

• From 09:00 am to 02:00 pm
• From 04:00 am to 09:00 pm
• Morning shift only in the Abu Dhabi Cultural Centre for a temporary period

In order to provide unique services, the Acquisition Section at the Libraries' Department is consistently managing and developing MCKD's libraries' contents and collections within a defined plan. The collections comprise of various volumes, both hardcover or electronic softcopies in Arabic and other foreign languages. The volumes concentrate on covering different knowledge topics, and selection standards and rules were based upon developing collections using certified practices and methodologies. The total of information volumes in all libraries were:

• 65000 titles, equals 350000 volumes in printed and electronic format.
• 65 periodicals covering all specialties.
• 5 electronic databases available on the local network of libraries.
• Maps, Atlases, Reports and Statistics.
• Multimedia (CD's, DVD's, etc).

The libraries of MCKD uses open-shelf system; it allows the readers to access to books and other information sources easily. Books are classified centrally by the Library Department at the MCKD in accordance with the Congress Library classification system. Qaimat Ruus al-mawduat al-Arabiyah is used for assigning subject headings of Arabic materials, whereas the Library of Congress Subject Heading list is used for foreign titles. Bibliographical records were established according to MARC21 format, and headings are based on the Angelo-American Cataloging Rules.