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Senegal
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Three libraries perform the functions of a National Library:
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Three libraries perform the functions of a national library. The Library of the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire
(IFAN; Fundamental Institute of Black Africa) was
established in 1938, when it inherited more than 6,000
works from the Library of the government of French
West Africa. It later increased its collections more than
tenfold and owns manuscripts, rare books, and news-
papers dating back to Colonial times. It received
copyright privileges on July 17, 1946. A decrees on
legal deposit requirements was adopted April 9, 1976.
The Library of the Archives Nationales du Senegal
was founded in 1913 and is housed in Dakar. From
1962 it published a bibliographical bulletin (Bibliogra-
phie du Senegal), a first draft toward a national
bibliography. From its founding it received official
state publications for deposit. The Library of the
Centre de Recherche et de Documentation du Senegal
(Center for Research and Documentation of Senegal)
in Saint-Louis was founded in 1944 when it acquired
the former IFAN Center of Senegal.
Archives du Senegal
Immeuble adniinistratif
Ave Leopold Sedar Senghor, Dakar
tel.: 822-50-72
fax: 822-51-26
Dir. SALIOU MBAYE
f. 1913; 10 km of documents, dealing with colonial and post-independence Senegal; library of 26,000 vols,
1,500 periodicals, 8,000 official publs, 12 km. of documents; publs Bibliographie du Senegal (2 a year), Rappaport Annuel.
Bibliothoque de l'lnstitut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire
BP 206, Dakar
tel.: 825-0090
Librarian: GORA DIA
email: bibifan@ifan.refer.sn
f. 1936; research in humanities and natural sciences; 70,000 vols, 8,200 brochures, 4,036 collections of periodicals, 1,600 microfilms, 2,566 maps, 32,000 photographs,, 2,100 slides, 12,200 files of documents.
Centre National de Documentation Scientifique et Technique (CNDST)
Ministere charge de la Modernisation de 1'Etat et de la Technologie (MMET)
61 Blvd Djily Mbaye, BP 218, Dakar
tel.: 822-96-19
Dir. MOHAMED FADHEL DIAGNE
f. 1976; bibliographic data base with 9,000 references ; current index of economic, scientfic and technical documentation; ; publs Repertoire des sources d'information au Senegal, Repertoire des Recherches agricoles en cours (Programmes, Institutions, chercheurs), lists and indexes.
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