National Library of East Timor
| National Library of East Timor Biblioteca Nacional de Timor-Leste Biblioteka Nasionál no Arkivu Timor-Leste nian | |
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| Location | Dili, East Timor |
| Type | National library |
| Established | 2009 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro de 2009 |
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| Size | 2,500 |
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| Director | João Fátima da Cruz |
| Employees | 10 |
The National Library of east Timor is the national library and the national archive of East Timor. Its building is under construction since 2011 in Ai-Tarak Laran, a quarter in the Suco of Kampung Alur in the Dom Aleixo Subdistrict of the country´s capital Dili.[1]
The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009.[2] It is slowly building a Library catalog mainly with international donations. In 2014, the catalog consisted in 2,500 items donated by the National Library of Portugal.[3]
References
- ^ "National Library and Archives of Timor-Leste". State Secretariat of Culture. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon?: Jornal da República (Gazette of East Timor). 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "National Library of Eats Timor Annual Report 2014" (PDF). State Secretariat of Culture. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
External links
- National Library of Eats Timor Annual Report 2014 (pdf)
- Timor-Leste Art and Culture: The Future National Library and Timor-Leste Archives, governmental article dating from 10 of November 2010
