National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (french: link=no, Bibliothèque Nationale de la République démocratique du Congo) is located in
Kinshasa
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...
and was established in 1974 as an office within Ministry of Culture and Arts. In 1989, it became autonomous under presidential order.
In 2009, the Library received a $15 million initiative from the Model United Nations of the University of Chicago and UNESCO to modernize facilities, train staff members and purchase new technology and materials.
Although the library contains over seven thousand historical photographs of the political and cultural history of the country, only 25% have been scanned due to a lack of resources.
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Libraries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
Buildings and structures in Kinshasa
Education in Kinshasa
1970s establishments in Zaire
Libraries established in 1974
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