National Library of Iran
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 National Library Building | |
| Country | Iran |
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| Type | National library |
| Established | 1937 |
| Location | Shahid Haghani Expressway, Davoodiyeh, Vanak square, Tehran |
| Branches | 1 (Shahid Bahonar Street, Niavaran, Tehran) |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 15,000,000 total items 1,861,500 books |
| Legal deposit | Yes |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to anyone with a need to use the collections and services |
| Other information | |
| Budget | 44 billion Iranian Rial (1,446,845 million US Dollar) |
| Director | (president, since 18 March 2017) |
| Website | www.nlai.ir |
| Map | |
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The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLI) is located in Tehran, Iran, with several branches scattered throughout the city.
Prior to the library's official inauguration in 1937, other libraries existed that performed the same function informally. The first prototype of a national library in Iran was the Library of Dar al-Funun College, established in 1851. In 1899, another library called the "Nation's Library" was inaugurated in Tehran.[1]
The present National Library of Iran incorporates many different collections from older libraries, including many rare and valuable manuscripts. The central main branch is located in north central Tehran.
The new building is specially designed to combine different faculties of the library in a single platform. The library by itself is over 90,000 m2, the largest library campus in the Middle East. It encompasses 5 separate halls, each hall dedicated to a different faculty, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Science and Science Education, and Health Studies.
It took over the publishing of the (Ketab-shenasi-e Melli-e Iran), with annual publications between 1962 and 1966, a break for two years, and then monthly and quartly since 1969.[2][3]
A scale model of the building of National Library of Iran
Inside new building
See also[]
- Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi
- List of national libraries
- International rankings of Iran
References[]
- ^ Murray, S. (2009). The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub. ; Chicago : ALA Editions, 2009.
- ^ George Chandler (1971). "Iran". Libraries in the East: an International and Comparative Study. Seminar Press. pp. 39–50. ISBN 0-12-815550-7.
- ^ Allen Kent; Harold Lancour; Jay E. Daily (eds.). "Iran, Libraries in". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. 13. New York: Marcel Dekker. pp. 26–28.
External links[]
Media related to National Library of Iran at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 35°45′8.53″N 51°26′3.67″E / 35.7523694°N 51.4343528°E
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