National Library of Moldova

National Library of the Republic of Moldova
National Library and Vasile Alecsandri statue by Ion Zderciuc
Location	31 August 1989 Street, Chişinău, Moldova
Established	August 22, 1832 (1832-08-22)
Other information
Director	Elena Pintilei
Website	Official site

The National Library of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Biblioteca Naţională a Republicii Moldova, BNRM) is located on 31-August-1989 Street in Chişinău, is the main library of the state which is responsible for conservation, valorisation and protection of written cultural heritage. The National Library operates according to the guiding principles of UNESCO referring to this type of libraries, it is part of the European Digital Library. It was founded on August 22, 1832, on the date when Gubernatorial Public Library was inaugurated. In present, National Library is one of the objective with great value of the national patrimony and presents the treasure written and printed cultural heritage of the country. Library ensures wide public access to its collections for research, study and / or information.The Director General is Elena Pintilei.

The library is accessible to all users who have reached the age of 17. From 1992 until his death on April 8, 2015 the the director of the National Library was Alexei Rau– Ph. D., a library scientist, philosopher, poet and essayist.

Mission

The National Library is a state institution subordinated to the administrative Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova.The Library operates under the principles of autonomy, freedom, political disengagement, cultural national identity and of legislation and its status.National Library of Moldova represents the treasure of cultural heritage written and printed, which over the years performs:

• filling, storing and offering for users collections of national editions, precious foreign publications, manuscripts, audiovisual and multimedia materials etc.;
• preservation of national memory comprised in printed heritage, providing them to its beneficiaries and transmitting to new generations;
• scientific development of patrimonial collections.

Directors

Moldovan stamp featuring National library

• Gavriil Bilevici (1832–1835)
• Nicolai Kozlov (1835–1846)
• Mihail Saburov (1846–1847)
• Ivan Tanskii (1848–1855)
• Platon Globaciov (IX-XII, 1852)
• Botean (1855–1856)
• Petru Şuşchevici (1856–1857)
• Venedict Beler (1857–1871)
• Kurkovskaia (1871–1877)
• Daria Harjevskaia (1884–1924)
• Maria Arionescu (1931–1934)
• Elena Niţescu (1934-)
• Adeli Cernoviţkaia (1944–1946)
• Iguatie Teleuţă (1946–1948)
• Alexandr Suhomlinov (1948–1955)
• Ion Borş (1956–1959)
• Alexandru Chirtoaca (1959–1963)
• Gheorghe Cincilei (1963–1964)
• Petru Ganenco (1965–1983)
• Grigore Sudacevschi (1984–1987)
• Tatiana Levandovskaia (1987–1992)
• Alexei Rău (1992-2015)
• Elena Pintilei (2015-)

Collections

One of the major tasks of BNRM is the establishment, maintaining and providing access to a collection as much complete as national editions and foreign valuable publications. The collections are completed by legal deposit, through purchase, donations, and through interlibrary exchange. Annual Library fund grow by 13 to 14 thousand documents. BNRM is keeper of a precious fund documents of which volume is 2.5 million. units in 30 languages. The thematic and linguistic horizon of the collections is universal. The BNRM Collections include variety of information: traditional (monographs, serials) and nontraditional (disks, magnetic tapes, microfilm, maps, electronic documents, etc.).

The collection of old and rare books

The Collection contains over 21 thousand documents: great works through authors, masterfully graphics, bibliophile value and consists from manuscripts books, old Romanian book printed in the country and abroad, foreign books published up to 1725, editions, books with a polygraphic presentation and artistic significance, ex-libris books, c typographical curiosities, personal collections, old periodicals etc. The collection includes books that formed part of initial fund at 1832 [9], when the library was inaugurated. Among them an important role for books is held by General Liprandi, and two volumes of Aristotle commented by Donati Acciaioli and Simplicius, the oldest books in library collections, the oldest books in library collections, works of incunabula era that connects us with and include us in concert of the most valuable European libraries. The Library holds the second edition of Cazaniei lui Varlaam (first book written and printed in Moldova, the Three Hierarchs in 1643), edited Râmnic (Muntenia) in 1792; Apostle, published in Bucharest in 1683, Moldova's description Cantemir, the German version (1771), Russian (1789), Romanian (1825); Trebnicul “Petru Movilă”, published in 1646 and illustrated by Elijah engraver. The collection of books with autographs of writers, scholars, other personalities is an object of interest for many bibliophiles. The most precious autographs belong to personalities: Alecsandri Vasile, Dumitru Moruzi, Leon Boga, Paul Michael G. O. Zlatov, N. Moghileanski John G. Sbiera etc. The new image that created BNRM in the country and abroad contribute to the choice of different personalities or their relatives of the library as a place of conservation and making available to future generations some important private libraries. For this purpose, in the special collections are composed of these personalities funds. The most common include: Bârsan family library, family Balmuş, by Anton Crihan, Alexandru Sturdza, Nicolai Moghileanski.

Audiovideoteca

Audiovideoteca possesses a unique collection, the richest in Moldova, sound recordings (26 000), documents printed music (66 000), books and periodicals in the field of music. The collection includes all genres of classical and modern music. Here are present musical creations of different peoples from different times.

The Collection of Art and Maps

Art collection and maps insert 193 000 documents, including albums, art reproductions, posters, postcards, prints, photographs etc. It is extremely varied the collection of art albums, taking works from all areas of the arts. Among the rarities are: albums of "Classici dell'arte Rizzoli",unique postcards,series of encyclopedias and dictionaries of art, encyclopedias and dictionaries of art .

The Collection Moldavistica

Moldavistica collection consists of about 15 thousand documents and provides informational and documentary for users interested in the social-political, economic and cultural Moldova seen from the outside. The collection includes documents on Moldova, published in the republic and beyond its borders.

Referencial Library

The referential library represents the most valuable collection of dictionaries, bibliographies, journals reports, catalogs, books of addresses, guidance, guidelines, laws, legal acts, official statements, statistical yearbooks in different languages of the world (about 60 thousand volumes ).

Collection of world literature

World literature Collection contains approximately 60 thousand documents. Destination collection: providing information and documentary of researchers the field of literature. The collection includes books about literature in general, documents about the evolution of literatures and languages of the world countries.

Collection of Publications

It is one of the most voluminous library - 612 000 volumes - and includes magazines (5000 titles), newspapers (2500 titles), different reports and other works of scientific institutions etc.

The UN Library

In 2000, the National Library was awarded the status of library - the keeper of materials and publications of the United Nations in Moldova. Today the collection contains about 3000 the United Nations document, in English and French languages.

Usage of library

BNRM users can become persons who have attained the age of 17. Entry permit is issued for a 5 year term and is subject to re-registration at the beginning of each year. The registration and user registration is based on the following documents: identity card, job identity card, student card, identification card pensioner. Collections availability is ensured through loan documents for users in the reading rooms, interlibrary loan and loan documents at home (for some categories of users). If users do not find the information needed in the village or in the country, they can turn to other libraries, including other states, through interlibrary loan.

See also

• National library

External links

• Official site Template:Mo icon