The State Library of Turkmenistan is located in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
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History
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
The library was established in 1895.
Turkmenistan
As of 2006, the library had a collection of 5 million items including books, maps, manuscripts, dissertations, journals, and newspapers; there were about 22,000 members.
Book exhibitions were regularly held both in its premises and provincial libraries.
Yet, the library played an insignificant role in society, and as of 2007, remained the only Central Asian library not to join the Library Assembly of Eurasia.
In 2005, the library received funds to replace its card catalogs with an
online public access catalog (OPAC);
as of 2012, no progress has been made.
Internet literacy among librarians remained low, as of 2012.
Statistics on the publication of books in Turkmenistan remain unavailable, and the national bibliography has been stale for years.
See also
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List of national libraries
A national library is established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. Unlike public libraries, they rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuab ...
References
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Libraries in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
Libraries established in 1895
Ashgabat
1895 establishments in the Russian Empire