Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
Libraries and catalogingSupply and customization of the library management and cataloging system
Library and digital knowledge asset solutions
Maeen KnowledgeMaeen Knowledge Platform
One platform for libraries and knowledge: integration, governance and AI at the service of your organization.
University librariesResearch centersLibrary complexes
About the product
An integrated knowledge platform for your organization
Maeen was designed as an integrated knowledge platform for university libraries, research centers and library complexes, through smart digital solutions that support digital transformation, strengthen institutional information governance, and use AI to raise the efficiency of knowledge-asset management, improve research services, and support data-driven decisions.
Core systems
Four systems, one platform
Four integrated systems in one platform, each with a public interface and an admin dashboard for management and operations.
Unified Portal and E-Services
A unified portal for libraries and knowledge assets, with unlimited digital capabilities.
A central digital platform that reflects the library's institutional and knowledge identity, acting as a single access point to all systems and e-services, with unified central search across library and knowledge content in one integrated interface built to the Unified Platforms Code.
- Central search engine with smart filtering across all sources
- A workflow engine to design and publish e-services
- Maeen smart assistant for answers and content search
- Interfaces compliant with the DGA Unified Platforms Code
- E-payment channels and multilingual support
What you see is a small part of a wide, integrated service suite.
Library Management System
Library management to world standards, with a digital vision.
A smart platform that unifies library operations in one integrated system, managing cataloging, circulation, acquisitions and subscriptions to international library standards and government platform requirements, with a full Arabic interface, bilingual search, and performance dashboards.
- Cataloging and classification with MARC21, RDA and Dublin Core
- International cataloging integration via Z39.50
- Circulation, holds and fines management
- Item tracking and inventory management with RFID
- Self-service for patrons through the library portal
What you see is a small part of a wide, integrated service suite.
Digital Repository System
An institutional digital repository, from deposit to smart access.
A unified institutional framework to preserve, organize and provide long-term access to digital content. It turns scattered assets into a discoverable knowledge resource, with AI that improves data quality and speeds up cataloging, while keeping governance and each entity's role in approving content.
- Supports MARC, Dublin Core, MODS and PREMIS
- Automatic metadata extraction and duplicate detection
- Bilingual semantic search powered by AI
- Configurable deposit, review and approval workflow
- Integration with DOI, ORCID, OAI-PMH and SWORD
What you see is a small part of a wide, integrated service suite.
Scientific Journals Management System
Peer-reviewed research to international standards that reflects academic excellence.
Enables universities and research bodies to run peer review and scholarly publishing within one unified institutional framework that ensures quality, governance and compliance with international and local publishing standards.
- Manuscript intake with double-blind peer review
- Automated correspondence and editorial decision management
- Crossref integration for DOIs, and ORCID linking
- Regular and special issues, and archive management
- Review-time reports with COUNTER and SUSHI support
What you see is a small part of a wide, integrated service suite.
Maeen in numbers
Capacity, quality, intelligence and sovereignty
99.9%Platform availability (SLA)
+25international library standards supported
9built-in AI tools
+12ready enterprise integrations
100%local hosting inside the Kingdom
Expected operational impact
Up to70%of library transactions moved to self-service through the portal
Up to60%faster cataloging with AI-assisted smart cataloging
Up to40%lower IT infrastructure costs by consolidating systems
Up to3×more content discovery through semantic search and smart recommendations
Industry benchmarks backed by library-sector and ILS studies, reflecting the impact achievable with Maeen.
Artificial intelligence
Nine built-in smart tools
Tools that work across all four systems to speed up cataloging, improve search and discovery, and support decisions.
Smart book recommendationsRecommendation System
Virtual library assistantChatbot
Smart semantic searchSemantic Search
Smart descriptive and subject cataloging
Semantic analysis and natural language processingNLP
Multilingual machine translation
Optical character recognitionOCR
Predictive analytics and decision support
Smart taggingAuto Tagging
Standards and integrations
Built on international and national standards
International library standards
MARC 21Z39.50OAI-PMHDublin CoreRDAUNICODEISBN/ISSNCOUNTERSUSHIIIIF
Global identifiers
DOICrossRefGoogle ScholarORCID
Integrations
ERP and SISSSO (Nafath, Active Directory)SMS GatewayEmail ExchangeSIP2DSpace, Zenodo and EPrintsRFIDE-payment channelsGoogle AnalyticsREST API
Accreditations and compliance
Unified Code for Government Platform DesignDigital Government Authority standardsNCA ECCWCAG 2.0
Cybersecurity
EncryptionRegular backupsOff-site BackupPenetration and vulnerability testing
Data sovereignty
Servers inside the KingdomHosting region: RiyadhTLS encryptionNCA ECC-2
Cloud hosting inside the Kingdom (SaaS)
A managed platform on a cloud subscription within local hosting infrastructure that meets governance, security and privacy requirements, suited to organizations that want a fast launch and a lighter technical load.
On-premise hosting
Deploying the platform on the entity's own infrastructure for the highest level of control, data sovereignty and integration with internal enterprise systems.
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Our clients
Entities that adopted our solutions in this pillar
King Abdulaziz Complex for Endowment Libraries
Endowment librariesDigital transformation of the library platforms, portal and e-services
See Maeen Knowledge in action
Book a demo with our team, and we'll show you how the product adapts to your organization's needs.
- Phone
- +966 54 203 2454
- info@exab.sa
- Working hours
- Sunday to Thursday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM