1. THE
KABUL
LIBRARY
YOUR GATEWAY TO A WIDE RANGE OF
SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES & RESEARCH
DATABASES
GROUP MEMBERS:
FAZAL HAQ
MUMTAZ AHMAD
BEHROZSHAH BAREKZAI
S. HASEEB SADAT

2. MISSION AND VISION
• Mission:
– To educate Afghan people through propagating
the habit of reading and mobilize them with the
needed knowledge resources through ground-
breaking ways.
• Vision:
– To be one of the largest and prestigious libraries of
Afghanistan.

3. THE ESSENTIALS OF OUR IDEA
• The core idea
– High Quality Books (Competitive advantage)
– Search or browse engine for easily finding book from
shelves & information from e-Encyclopedias.(Competitive advantage)
– Science & Social Science disciplines
– Online access to education & knowledge portals, e-
Articles, e-Journals, e-Publications, e-Research databases
from reliable & popular sources (Competitive advantage)
• The added features
– Private debate/discussion rooms
– Computer Stations
– Wi-Fi Facility
– Multilanguage
– Cafeteria (outside the library)

4. LEGAL STATUS & OWNERSHIP
STRUCTURE
• Our business is going to be legally established as
Partnership.
• Management board will consist of 5 partners.
• Mumtaz Ahmad (15%), FazalHaq (25%),
Behrozshah (25%), Haseeb (25%) & Nisar (10%).
• Active partners: Mumtaz Ahmad & Haseeb
• Passive partners: Behrozshah, Fazal Haq & Nisar.
• Principal authority & control power: Mumtaz
Ahmad
• Profit sharing ratio: 5:3:3:4:1

5. MARKET ANALYSIS
• Our research shows there is a good chance for
success. Why?
– Low & small competitors.
– High thirst/demand for quality educational
materials and resources, especially in Kart-e-3 &
Kot-e-Sangi areas
– Large financial & technical support from
Government and other NPO organizations &
donors
– High growth, but low margin

6. OUR OPERATIONAL &
MARKETING PLAN
• Business location will be KART-E-3
• Strategic Partners (EBSCO, John Wiley & Sons,
Elsevier)
• Book dealers from Pakistan, Dubai & India.
• Our starting scale of business is to house
5,000 books with the target to serve 2,500
users, currently.
• And as users increase, more space extension
will be provided.
• Works stations needed 30.

7. OUR OPERATIONAL &
MARKETING PLAN
• Space Requirement:
– 500 square feet for housing book collections of 5,000.
– 1,500 square feet for reader seating.
• Seats per 1,000 population 15 for a population of 2,500. So
35 seats, but to be conservative 50 seats required. Excess
will be stocked. Allow 30 square feet per reader seating, so
30*50 = 1,500 square feet
– 1,500 square feet needed for computer stations
• Allocation of 50 square feet per computer work station
– 1,700 square feet for staff work space
• Departments: Operations, Finance, IT, & Management
Office.

8. OUR OPERATIONAL &
MARKETING PLAN
• Space Requirement:
– 900 square feet for debate/discussion rooms.
– Allocation of about 17% of the gross area of
building for special use (e.g. Cafeteria,
Photocopiers, break room etc.)
– 25% Non assignable space for janitor’s closets,
maintenance services, storage rooms, rest rooms,
entrance hall & etc.
– Total gross area of 12,250 square feet required.
• 100 – NA & S (17%+25%) = 58%. So 6,100 square feet
(i.e. essential space needs) / 0.58 = ~10,520 square feet
(Total gross area).

9. OUR OPERATIONAL &
MARKETING PLAN
• Staff requirement:
– 2 librarian, 2 administrative assistants, 1 Operations
manager, 1 customer service officer (for Operations
Dept.)
– 1 IT manager, 1 IT assistant (for IT Dept.)
– 1 Finance manager, 1 Finance assistant (for Finance
Dept.)
– 2 cleaners, 1 electrician (for Maintenance services)
– 1 person for Cafeteria
– 1 person for Security
• Library timing: 07:00 AM to 09:00 PM all the
week except Saturday.

10. OUR OPERATIONAL &
MARKETING PLAN
• Marketing strategy: Our strategy is to provide
high quality knowledge resources to only
those who worth it, especially by allowing
subscription/membership to selective
customers, Like:
– Universities
– Business Organizations
– Governmental bodies
– Students with only high rankings OR sponsorship.
– Researchers & academics

11. OUR OPERATIONAL &
MARKETING PLAN
• Products: we have Three membership
plan/packages.
– Special incentives & discounts will be given to
institutional users like businesses & universities.
Monthly
membership
plan
Semi-annually
membership
plan+access to
research databases
Annually
membership
plan+access to
research databases

12. FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
• Financial projection of Capital & Operating
expenditures:
Capital Expenditures (Purchases)
# Items (Description) Quantity
Avg. Price per
Qty Total in AFN Total in USD
1Stocks of Books 5,000 2500 12,500,000 219,298.25
2Furnitures & Fixtures 299,000 5,245.61
3Computer Workstations 35 25000 875,000 15,350.88
4IT Equipments 499,500 8,763.16
5Office Equipments 149,000 2,614.04
6Motors & Vehicles 1 290000 290,000 5,087.72
7Electrical Equipments 53,000 929.82
Grand Total 14,665,500 257,289.47

13. Operating expenditures (in annual term)
# Items (Description) Amount in AFN Amount in USD
1Staff cost 2,592,000 45,473.68
2Office supplies 50,000 877.19
3Maintenance IT 30,000 526.32
4Maintenance Premises (library, Floor, Departments etc) 40,000 701.75
5Maintenance IT & Office Equipments 25,000 438.60
6Maintenance Electrical Equipments 20,000 350.88
7Maintenance Vehicle 15,000 263.16
8Building Rental 900,000 15,789.47
9License 30,000 526.32
10Fuel 160,000 2,807.02
11Entertainment 15,000 263.16
12Lighting & Heating 240,000 4,210.53
13Communication (Internet services, Telephone) 200,000 3,508.77
14Advertisement 27,000 473.68
15Printing 14,000 245.61
16Professional & Consultancy 220,000 3,859.65
17Subscriptions - (Research, Journals, Articles etc), Average 1,005,480 17,640.00
18Depreciation - Allowance of 10% for all fixed assets 216,550 3,799.12
Grand Total 5,800,030 101,754.91

14. FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
• Total direct initial investment of $257,300 by
five partners.
• Total annual working capital of $98,000
• Financial supporters & contributors:
– Bunyad Bayat
– US Embassy
– UNESCO
– Asia Foundation

15. REVENUE PROJECTIONS
Revenue Projection
Revenue Type Amount in AFN Amount in USD
Membership 1,798,920 31,560
Contribution 3,787,080 66,440
Fundraiser - -
Investment - -
Grant Total 5,586,000 98,000
• We will use financial support yearly to make it to Break-even
point.
• And to make it break-even from our own operations we need
a membership or user base of 195.