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History & Collections


National Library opened to the public in 1978. It is funded through the Ministry of Overseas Development. The Library also serves as the center for distrbution of books to schools without collections of their own.


f 1976; 30,000 vols. Senior Librarian M. Mabathoana (acting).

Sources:

The World of Learning 1999. London: Europa Publications Limited, 1998.
Wedgeworth, Robert, ed. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1993. p. 458.
The World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1993.vol 3. p. 823.
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