The Cyprus Library ( el, Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη}, ) is the

national library A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public library, public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, o ...

of the

Republic of Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

Chronology

* 1927 – Establishment of the Cyprus Public Library on the initiative of the British Colonial Governor

Sir Ronald Storrs Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (19 November 1881 – 1 November 1955) was an official in the British Foreign and Colonial Office. He served as Oriental Secretary in Cairo, Military Governor of Jerusalem, Governor of Cyprus, and Governor of No ...

. * 1968 – The Cyprus Public Library Law moves control of the library (from municipal control) to the Ministry of Education and Culture; merge of its collections with the Ministry's Library. * 1974 – Relocation to its original premises on the D'Avila Bastion of the Venetian walls of Nicosia. * 1987 – New law establishing the Cyprus Library.

References

Cypriot culture National libraries 1927 establishments in Cyprus Libraries established in 1927 Libraries in Cyprus {{Cyprus-stub