Abstract
The Arab nation is rich with heritage and glories and it has passed like other nations with various grades until it reached to what it now in the present time.The Arab and Islamic libraries have got their shar from catastrophes and disasters of nation, but they have provided a civilizational mission and achieved the real meaning of their establishment and their role of keeping Islamic Arab Heritage.The oldest libraries have been established in Iraq since the time of Babylon and Ashur.Islamic libraries were distinguished by an advanced systems of classification and indexing.The Iraqi libraries were exposed for looting after the occupation on 2003 and the unjust embargo, all these led to the scarcity of sources and modern references especially the traditional, islamic and historical sources and the manuscript which impacted negatively on researchers, students and their needs for sources.