The National Library of Algeria (; ) was first established in 1835 by the French colonial government, before becoming

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

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, ...

when the country gained its independence in 1962. A new building for the library was constructed during the 1990s to house over a million volumes within the library's collection, which also allowed it to considerably develop its services. Algeria's scientific and technical information needs are ensured by two organizations, the Centre for Technical and Scientific Information and Technology Transfer, the Algerian equivalent of the INIS network, and the National Social and Economic Documentation Centre, established in 1971, which ensures the selection and indexing of automated documentation on the social and economic development of the country and the collection of statistical data. It has a floor area of and was designed to house more than 10 million books. It can accommodate more than 2,500 readers at a time. It is the legal deposit and copyright for

Administrators - directors

French Algeria

* Adrien Berbrugger (1835-1869) * Oscar Mac Carthy (1869-1891) *

Émile Maupas François Émile Maupas (2 July 1842 in Vaudry – 18 October 1916 in Algiers) was a French librarian, protozoologist, cytologist, and botanist. Maupas contributed to ideas on the life cycle and reproduction of the ciliates. He founded the ide ...

(1891-1916) * Bojeron, per délégation (1916-1920) * Gabriel Esquer (1920-1948) * Germaine Lebel (1948-1962)

Algeria

* Mahmoud-Agha Bouayed (1962-1991) * Amin Zaoui (2002-2008) * Azzedine Mihoubi (2010-2013) * Dahmane Abdelmadjid (20??-2015) * Yasser Arafat Gana (2015-2017) * Hayet Gouni (2017-)

References

Bibliography

* (Includes national library) * * (Includes information about the national library) * (Describes efforts of the national library)

External links

* 1835 establishments in Algeria Libraries in Algeria Public libraries in Algeria State libraries of Algeria Buildings and structures in Algiers Libraries established in 1835 Government buildings in Algeria