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Coordinates: 44°2532N 26°0636E / 44.4255°N 26.1101°E / 44.4255; 26.1101
 

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National Library of Romania
Biblioteca Națională a României
Map
44°25′32N 26°06′36E / 44.4255°N 26.1101°E / 44.4255; 26.1101
LocationBucharest,  Romania
TypeNational library
Established1859 (165 years ago) (1859)
BranchesSpecial Collections (Bucharest)
Batthyani (Alba Iulia)
Omnia (Craiova)
Collection
Items collected13,000,000
Access and use
Access requirementsReader's permit
Other information
Director(interim) prof. univ. Adrian Mihai Cioroianu
Websitewww.bibnat.ro

The National Library of Romania (Romanian: Biblioteca Națională a României) is the national libraryofRomania. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in Romania. The construction cost was €110 million.[1]

History[edit]

The roots of the library can be found in Saint Sava College library. Saint Sava College library was opened in 1859 when 1000 French volumes were archived. After the 1859 Union, the library was officially made the national library (Biblioteca Națională, later Biblioteca Centrală - National and Central library, respectively). In 1864 the library was renamed Central Library of the State (Biblioteca Centrală a Statului).

In 1901 all the collections were ceded to the Romanian Academy Library. As a result, from 1901 to 1955, the Romanian Academy Library was the national library. In 1955, the State Central library was organised, having the attributes of a national library. In 1989, after the collapse of the communist regime, the State Central Library was once again renamed to Biblioteca Națională a României. From 1949 to 2008, the library occupied the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce Palace.

New building[edit]

In 1986, a new, larger location began to be built for the library, between Piața Unirii and Nerva Traian.[2][3] The initial lead architect was Cezar Lăzărescu, who died in 1986 before the building was finished.[4] Shortly after 1989, although some parts of the building were finished or in an advanced state, due to lack of funding, the construction had stalled for several years. In 2009 the project was reassigned to the Ministry of Culture, which completed the construction in 2011 and set the official opening date to take place in 2012.[5]

Mission[edit]

The National Library is a cultural institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. Its goal is to administer the national patrimony of publications, by purchasing and preserving documents and making them available to the public for research or personal study.

Collections[edit]

National Library of Romania viewed from Unification Square

It has several special collections, including:

Statistics[edit]

View of the National Library of Romania from the Dâmbovița river

References[edit]

  • ^ Tîrziman, Elena (2011). "The National Library of Romania - A New Headquarters - A New Beginning" (PDF). Library and Information Science Research. 15: 36–43. ISSN 2392-8107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  • ^ Anghelescu, Hermina; Kniffel, Leonard (2013-01-28). "Romania's New National Library Remains a Dream Yet to Come True". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  • ^ "Arhitectul Cezar Lazarescu | Ion Coja". ioncoja.ro (in Romanian). 19 November 2012. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  • ^ "Biblioteca nationala va fi deschisa in 2012".
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