National Library of Jordan
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| National Library of Jordan | |
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| دائرة المكتبة الوطنية | |
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| Location | Haroun Al Rasheed St 9, Amman, Jordan |
| Type | Public, National library |
| Established | 1977 |
| Collection | |
| Legal deposit | yes |
| Other information | |
| Director | Dr. Nedhal Al Ahmad |
| Website | www |
The National Library of Jordan is the legal deposit and copyright library of Jordan.[1] It was founded in 1977.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Handbook on the international exchange of publications
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External links
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