National Library of Mauritania

Coordinates: 18°05′09″N 15°58′30″W / 18.0859°N 15.975°W

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National Library of Mauritania
Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie

18°05′09″N 15°58′30″W / 18.0859°N 15.975°W / 18.0859; -15.975
Location	Nouakchott
Type	National library
Established	1965
Branches	7
Collection
Size	10,000 volumes^[1]
Legal deposit	Yes
Other information
Director	Mohamed Mahmoud Ould
Employees	41^[2]

The Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie (English: National Library of Mauritania, Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية الموريتانية) is located in Nouakchott, Mauritania in the building of the National Museum of Mauritania.^[3]^[1] The library has a collection of 10,000 volumes and employs 41 staff members.^[1]^[2]

The library has seven branches.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie -- National Library of Mauritania". librarytechnology.org. OCLC 51842796. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie". Anna Lindh Foundation. Egypt. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
^ "List of Addresses of the Major Libraries in Africa". ECA Library. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-10-16.

Bibliography

Adam Heymowski [in Polish] (1965), Organisation de la Bibliothèque nationale de Mauritanie, Nouakchott (PDF) (in French), Paris: Unesco
Adam Heymowski (1972), Organisation de la Bibliothèque nationale de Mauritanie à Nouakchott: deuxieme mission (PDF) (in French), Paris: Unesco
Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). "Mauritanie". Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. OCLC 401164333.

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