Bolivia 

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 Formal Name:          Biblioteca y Archivo Nacional de Bolivia
 Name of Librarian:  Gunnar Mendoza
 Address:   C Bolivar, Casilla 338, Sucre
 Phone:      (064) 1481

History & Collections

The National Library founded on June 23, 1821, by Mariscal Andres de Santa Cruz and reorganized in 1938--is in Sucre, the official capital of the country (La Pat in the political capital). It houses about 150,000 volumes. The main part of the collection is made up of 19th-century publications. The National Archive, founded in 1883, is at the National Library.  The National Depository Library is in  La  Pat and functions as the legal depository.

Sources:

World guide to libraries. New York: Saur, 1998.
World encyclopedia of library and information services. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association,c1993.