Public Relations Department
The Organization of the library contains a Public Relations Department - supervised directly by the director general - and seven offices, as follows:
1: Manuscripts Office
2: Deeds Office
3: Public Library Office
4: Affiliated Libraries Office
5: Librarian Services Office
6: Public Affairs Office
7: Museums Office
Manuscripts Office
When one enters the treasury of the manuscripts and previous objects of this library it seems as if he - she has stood in front of a mirror which reflects a clear picture of one thousand - years history of the mental efforts of patrons of art and science who have been living in this country.
Every copy of the glorious Quran and sample of precious objects in this complex is exactly indicative of the splendour of sacrifice and genuineness of artists and knowledge lovers who have devoted their life to granting services in the Holy domain of Islam and the Holy Quran, and have created wonderful works, and left them as a memorial.
Until 1399 A.H, the number of the manuscripts preserved in the library, were totally 12000 copies. But, at the present time, about 26400 copies of hand - written books, 2820 copies of the manuscripts of the glorious Quran, 1500 photo books, 443 copies of handwritten works, are preserved and secured in the treasury of the manuscripts.
Furthermore, about 2300 microfilms of the manuscripts have been provided in and out of the country, and added to the other precious resources.

Duties of the Manuscripts Office
This office, with the object of gathering, securing and preserving the manuscripts of the glorious Quran and other manuscripts, epistles, photo (picture) copies, and valuable handwritings, is a department responsible for granting services to the Iranian and non-Iranian researching society.
Sub-Departments of this office are as follows:

1: Manuscripts Department
This department has been organized to provide and record manuscripts, make ready, register indexes, make collections, expertly estimate the manuscripts, provide lists and grant services to the applicants and researchers.

2: Filmteck Department (Photo and Microfilm services):
This section endeavours in the fields of taking picture, providing microfilms from manuscripts and documents, preserving and securing photos and microfilms through modern scientific principles, copying the present microfilms, transmitting the pictures of the manuscripts to the computer and storing it, exchanging microfilm with other important libraries in Iran and abroad, and also granting services to the applicants and researchers.

3: Department of Preserving and Repairing Books and Documents:
The most important activities of this department are as follows:
Doing pesticide, repairing and binding the damaged, or exposed to damage books including valuable printed books or manuscripts and documents, by applying both traditional and modern methods.

4: Department of Book Decoration and Art Affairs:
The artists of the library are engaged in gilding books, doing calligraphy, painting, designing and restoring damaged oil covers in this section.

Public Relations Office
The resopnsiblities of the Public Relations of the Central Library of the Astan Quds Razavi, enjoy unique and particular specifications. Introducing this center to all of addressees throughout the country, and to the cultural centres of other countries, Islamic countries in particular, in order to expand the services granted by this large scientific and information - couveying institution, to the world is the main target of the Public Relations of the Central Library.
The most important activities run by the Public Relations Department are as follows:
1: Continuous supporting the communications of the organization of the libraries, with various cultural, and scientific centers in Iran including Khorasan province, Mashhad and other parts of the world.
2: Programming to strengthen friendly relations of the management of the library with the personnel, and the respected applicants, according to the newest scientific methods and innovations in this field.
3: Providing suitable catalogues, essays, periodicals, books, photos, albums, films, and CD, in order to introduce the library to different classes of society.
4: Continuous communication with mass media (newspapers, T.V, and Radio), in order to make the library known to the cultural society better than before, and also make use of the modern facilities and technologies including, Internet, etc., for obtaining the above-mentioned targets.
5: Holding different fairs to acquaint the applicants with the resources preserved in the treasuries of the library and museums of the A.Q.R.
6: Holding scientific meetings in the library to speak about different subjects including: Librarianship, bookreading, bibliology, criticizing book contents, research and information - conveying, by inviting the distinguished scientists, professors and researchers of the country.
7: Guiding Iranian, and non-Iranian visitors to the Library, and desirable reflection of these visits through media.
8: Providing the statistics of the activities accomplished in the library and also estimating public opinions in different seasons, and presenting the results to the management of the library.
Manuscripts Office has so far published 16 volumes of its detailed descriptive indexes of the present copies, regarding a praticular subject, to introuduce and grant information services.
Starting point of the publication affairs of the library dates back to 1344 A.H. About 13000 copies of different books have been introduced in these volumes. (("The Brief Alphabetical Index of the Manuscripts" is one ot the other works published by the library in which 15550 copies of the manuscripts have been introduced to researchers. Furthermore, some other indexes have been printed and published by this office as follows.
1: The Index of the Precious Copies of the Glorious Quran, which contains the introduction of 214 precious copies of the glorious Quran.
2: The Index of the Translated Copies of the Glorious Quran, which contains the introduction of 336 copoes of the glorious Quran translated into Persian language.
3: The Index of 1500 copies of Manuscripts granted by the Paramount Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Five other volumes of the series of the detailed descriptive indexes in the fields of Fiqh (religious jurisprudence), Fiqh principles, Literature, Mathematics, and Chemistry will soon be printed and published by this office.
In addition to these works, some of the senior experts of librarianship and information unit in the Central Library, have compiled their M.A. theses about different specifications of the manuscript works secured in the Library of Astan Quds which are exactly remarkable works. Some of these works are as follows:
1: A Review of the Specifications of the Painted Stone Printed Books, preserved in the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi by: Sayyed Mohammad Reza Fadhel Hashemi.
2: A Review of the Specifications of Different Kinds of Manuscripts of the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi / by: Barat Ali Gholami Moqaddam.
3: A Review of the Calligraphy theses In Persian Language / by: Fadhlullah Fadhel Neishaboori.
4: Comparing the Applied Methods in the Famous Indexes of the Manuscripts of Iran, And Discovering Common Samples / By: Mohammad Wafadar Moradi.
5: Copy-writing, Translating, and Book-decorating in the Field of Roba (one/fourth) Rashidi / by Gohlam Reza Parandeh.
6: A Review of the Endorsements of the Manuscripts endowed to the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi by Women / by: Hamid Reza Abdullahi.
7: How to Recognize the Kind of paper Applied in the Manuscripts of the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi Through Laboratory, till the period of the Safavid dynasty / by: Ali Asghare Thabete Hejazi.
Some of the other activities accomplished by Manuscripts Office, are as follows:
_ Establishing the Precious Objects Council to recognize, evaluate, and introduce the precious collection of the library.
_ Computerizing all of the bibliology information of the present manuscripts.
_ Setting up constant fair of the copies of the glorious Quran, manuscripts, and selected precious objects.
_ Travelling of experts of the library abroad in order to visit the manuscripts, and precious objects of important and famous libraries, for exchanging microfilms, or provide manuscripts.