National Library of Algeria

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National Library of Algeria المكتبة الوطنيّة الجزائريّة
View of the National Library of Algeria at Hamma in Algiers
36°47′09″N 03°03′39″W / 36.78583°N 3.06083°W / 36.78583; -3.06083
Location	Algiers, Algeria
Type	National library
Established	1835
Collection
Size	1,270,000[1]

The National Library of Algeria (Arabic: المكتبة الوطنيّة الجزائريّة; French: Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie) was first established in 1835 by the French colonial government, before becoming Algeria's national library when the country gained its independence in 1962. A new building for the library was constructed during the 1990s to house over a million volumes within the library's collection, which also allowed it to considerably develop its services. Algeria's scientific and technical information needs are ensured by two organizations, the Centre for Technical and Scientific Information and Technology Transfer, the Algerian equivalent of the INIS network, and the National Social and Economic Documentation Centre, established in 1971, which ensures the selection and indexing of automated documentation on the social and economic development of the country and the collection of statistical data.^[2]

It has a floor area of 67,000 m² (720,000 sq ft) and was designed to house more than 10 million books. It can accommodate more than 2,500 readers at a time. It is the legal deposit and copyright for Algeria. ^{[citation needed]}

• Adrien Berbrugger (1835-1869)
• Oscar Mac Carthy (1869-1891)
• Émile Maupas (1891-1916)
• M. Bojeron, par délégation (1916-1920)
• Gabriel Esquer (1920-1948)
• Germaine Lebel (1948-1962)
• Mahmoud-Agha Bouayed (1962-1991)
• Amin Zaoui (2002-2008)
• Azzedine Mihoubi (2010-2013)
• Dahmane Abdelmadjid (20??-2015)
• Yasser Arafat Gana (2015-2017)
• Hayet Gouni (2017-)

• Centre Nationale des Archives (Algeria)

• "Problems affecting the development of libraries in Algeria". Focus on International & Comparative Librarianship. 14. UK: Library Association. 1983. ISSN 0305-8468. (Includes national library)
• Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). "Algérie". Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. OCLC 401164333.
• "Algeria", World Report 2010, The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations, OCLC 225182140, Freedom of access to information (Includes information about the national library)
• "Cultural heritage digitization projects in Algeria". IFLA Journal. 41 (3). 2015. doi:10.1177/0340035215603994. (Describes efforts of the national library)

• Official website (in Arabic)

36°47′9″N 3°3′39″E / 36.78583°N 3.06083°E / 36.78583; 3.06083

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