The National Library of East Timor is the
national library
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant wo ...
and the
national archive of
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...
. 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.
The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009.
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.
Groundbreaking for the library happened in 2017, while construction began in 2022.
References
External links
National Library of East 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
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, valua ...
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East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...
Libraries in East Timor
Libraries established in 2009