National Library of Jordan

The National Library of Jordan is the legal deposit and copyright library of Jordan.[1] It was founded in 1977.[2]

National Library of Jordan
دائرة المكتبة الوطنية
31.978751283166407°N 35.9063701182709°E / 31.978751283166407; 35.9063701182709
LocationHaroun Al Rasheed St 9, Amman, Jordan
TypePublic, National library
Established1977 (1977)
Collection
Legal deposityes
Other information
Websitewww.nl.gov.jo

History
  • 1977: Establishing the Directorate of Libraries and National Documents.[3]
  • 1990: The Directorate of Libraries and National Documents was replaced by two new entities:
  • Department of the National Library.
  • Documentation Center
  • 1994: Both the department of the National Library and Documentation Center were merged to be a separate department connected to the Minister of Culture under the name the Department of the National Library.

Department of the National Library tasks
  • National intellectual product promotion and preservation.
  • Collecting intellectual product mainly related to the National Jordanian Heritage. Other intellectual product area of interest: Arab World, Arabic & Islamic civilization, and Human Heritage in general.
  • Preserving documents from different public institutions, documents relevant to Jordan in addition to private documents.
  • Providing depository services.
  • Issuing the Jordanian National Bibliography.
  • Publishing and facilitating material related to libraries' work.
  • Coordinating the work of public libraries.
  • Allowing access to researchers.
  • Mutual lending with other national, regional & international libraries.
  • Organizing different cultural events.
  • Exchanging & gifting materials.
  • Cooperation with international entities in relation to library services.[4]

References
  1. Handbook on the international exchange of publications
  2. "من نحن - دائرة المكتبة الوطنية". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. "الصفحة الرئيسية - دائرة المكتبة الوطنية".
  4. "الصفحة الرئيسية - دائرة المكتبة الوطنية".


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