Formal Name:
Biblioteca Nacional de México
Name of Librarian: Judith Licea de Arenas
Address:
Apdo 29-124, 04510 México
Phone: (05) 622-6801
Fax: 6650951
The Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico (National Library of Mexico) and the Hemeroteca Nacional de Mexico (National Library of Periodicals of Mexico) are part of and are coordinated by the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliograficas (Bibliographical Research Institute) of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).
The Bibiloteca Nacional was founded by a decree of President Benito
Juarez in 1867 in Mexico City, the capital. It is a
depository library for all material published in
Mexico and offers information and research services to all
kinds of users. Among its great cultural treasures are two collections
of old and rare books comprising 500.000 volumes. It is rich in
historical material and offers a vast amount of primary source material
on Mexico. The bibliography section has some 20.000 volumes of bibliographies
from all parts of the world.
Sources:
World guide to libraries. New York: Saur, 1998.
World encyclopedia of library and information services. 3rd ed.
Chicago: American Library Association,c1993.