The National Library of East Timor is the national library and the national archive of East Timor. 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.[1]
| National Library of East Timor Biblioteca Nacional de Timor-Leste Biblioteka Nasionál no Arkivu Timor-Leste nian | |
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| Location | Dili, East Timor |
| Type | National library |
| Established | 2009 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro de 2009 |
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| Size | 2,500 |
| Other information | |
| Director | João Fátima da Cruz |
| Employees | 10 |
The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009.[2] 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.[3]
Groundbreaking for the library happened in 2017, while construction began in 2022.[4]
References
edit- ^ "National Library and Archives of Timor-Leste". State Secretariat of Culture. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon?: Jornal da República (Gazette of East Timor). 2009-11-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "National Library of Eats Timor Annual Report 2014" (PDF). State Secretariat of Culture. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Brief words from His Excellency the Prime Minister General Taur Matan Ruak on the occasion of the ceremony that marks the start of construction work on the National Library of Timor-Leste". Gabinete Primeiro-Ministro. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
External links
edit- 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