National Library of Jordan
| دائرة المكتبة الوطنية | |
| Country | Jordan |
|---|---|
| Type | Public, National library. |
| Established | 1977 |
| Location | Haroun Al Rasheed St 9, Amman |
| Collection | |
| Legal deposit | yes |
| Website | www |
The National Library of Jordan is the legal deposit and copyright library for Jordan[1] It was founded in 1977 [2]
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[]
- ^ Handbook on the international exchange of publications
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2013-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
External links[]
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