Mexico 

    Directory Information

    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



 History & Collections

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.