The National Library of Mali (French: Direction nationale des Bibliothèques et de la Documentation) is located in Bamako, Mali.[1][2]
| National Library of Mali | |
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| Bibliothèque nationale du Mali (French) | |
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| Location | Bamako, Mali |
| Established | 1968 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, audiovisual materials, photographs, and other documents related to Mali and its history, language, culture, and people |
| Legal deposit | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Employees | 28 (as of 1989) |
| Website | http://www.bn.gouv.ml/ |
In 1938, the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (IFAN) was established to study the language, history, and culture of the peoples under French colonial rule in Africa.[1] Following Mali's 1960 independence, in 1962 the IFAN Centre in Bamako was renamed by the Mali government the Institut des Sciences Humaines (Institute of Human Sciences)[3][4] or the Mali Institute for the Study of the Humanities.[1] The collections of Mali's National Library, National Archives and National Museum would eventually all be inherited from IFAN.[3] On 29 February 1968, the library was transferred from Koulouba to Avenue Kasse Keita in Ouolofobougou, a section of Bamako.[1] A 17 March 1984 law created the National Library.[1]
It is headed by the Director, who is appointed by the National Director of Arts and Culture.[1] The former selects five sections chiefs who are each responsible for one of the library's divisions: Cataloging and Bibliography Division; Periodical and Document Division; Loan and Information Division; Acquisitions, Processing, and Legal Deposit Division; and Binding and Restoration Division.[1] As of 1989, the library staff numbered 28, 16 women and 12 men.[1]
Books and periodicals are available free to the public for in-house viewing, though borrowing privileges may be obtained by becoming a registered cardholder.[1] According to the United Nations, as of 2015 approximately 33 percent of adult Malians can read.[5]
The library hosts some of the exhibits for African Photography Encounters, a biannual Bamako photography festival.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kent, Allen (26 September 1989). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 45 - Supplement 10: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition to Vocabularies for Online Subject Searching. CRC Press. pp. 247–. ISBN 9780824720452.
- ^ "Mali (Encyclopædia Britannica)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b Koumare, Abdoulaye (July 1970). "L'Institut Des Sciences Humaines Du Mali, Bamako". Journal of Modern African Studies. 8 (2): 285–287. JSTOR 159389.
- ^ a b "National Library / African House of Photography". African Photography Encounters.
- ^ "Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years (both sexes, female, male)". UIS.Stat. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- This article began as a translation of the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, accessed 26 December 2005.
Bibliography edit
- Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). "Mali". Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. OCLC 401164333.
- "Mali", World Report 2010, The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations, OCLC 225182140,
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