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History & Collections


The National library is the official deposit library and receives five copies of every publication produced in Syria or by Syrians in other countries. It located in a nine story building with space for two million volumes. Training courses are held throughout year for those working in the library field.


f.1984, in process of formation; national deposit library; Publishes National Bibliography, trains librarians; 280 staff; 147,124 vols. 19,000 Arabic MSS; Gen. Dir Ghassan Lahham; Publs National Bibliography (annually); Analytical Index of Syrian Periodicals, Index of Syrian University Theses.

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. 808-809.
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