National Library of Namibia

The National Library of Namibia (NLN) is the legal deposit and copyright library for Namibia. The library is situated in Windhoek.[1]

History

The institution was established in the Tintenpalast building as the Legislative Assembly Library of South West Africa in 1926. Items from the Bibliothek des Kaiserlichen Gouvernements (German: Library of the Imperial Government) from the time of Imperial German colonisation were incorporated and formed the core of the initial collection. It was renamed South West Africa Administration Library in 1957. In 1960, responsibility for the library shifted from the Parliament of South Africa to the government, and the library now fell under the Ministry of Education. In 1965 it opened to the public.[2]

In 1984 the library moved to the Estorff House nearby and was renamed Estorff Reference Library. After Namibian independence in 1990 the library was administered by the Government of Namibia, and on 1 April 1994 became the National Library of Namibia. On 20 March 2000, the eve of the 10th independence celebrations, the library moved into its current building in Eugène Marais Street in downtown Windhoek.[2]

Mandate

The National Library acts as the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) agency[3]

See also

References
  1. "IFLA Library Map of the World". librarymap.ifla.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. Senzanje, Nomusa; Jacobi, Barbara (2012). "The National Library of Namibia" (PDF). Namibia Library and Archives Service Information Bulletin. Government of Namibia (1): 7–10. ISSN 2026-707X.
  3. National Library and Archive Services (2021). "National Library". Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. Retrieved 18 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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