It was established in 1402 AH and was affiliated to the Deanship of Library Affairs at Umm Al-Qura University. In 1424 AH, after the Royal Order was issued to separate the Umm Al-Qura University branch in Taif under the name of Taif University, the Central Library took on its importance with the issuance of the decision of His Excellency the University Rector to prepare an independent deanship for the library and appoint a dean for it. It includes the following libraries in the male section (the central library in Hawiyah, the library of the College of Applied Medical Sciences, the sub-library in Al-Khurma, the sub-library in Barniyeh, the sub-library in Taraba) and the female section includes (the central library in Al-Hawiyah)