National Library of Bahrain at Isa Cultural Centre

National Library of Kingdom of Bahrain at Isa Cultural Centre
المكتبة الوطنية بمركز عيسى الثقافي بمملكة البحرين
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26°13′14″N 50°35′58″E / 26.22056°N 50.59944°E / 26.22056; 50.59944
LocationManama, Bahrain, Bahrain
TypeNational library
Established18 December 2008; 16 years ago (2008-12-18)
Other information
Websiteicc.gov.bh

The National Library at Isa Cultural Centre is the national library for Bahrain.[1] The library is housed within the Isa Cultural Centre,[2] a national cultural centre affiliated with the Royal Court of Bahrain.[3] The center was opened on 18 December 2008.[4][5][clarification needed]

Functions

The library is working to accomplish the following functions:[3]

  • Encouraging reading, research, reading and providing advanced library services to all beneficiaries.
  • Collecting and preserving the national intellectual production in its various forms and informing about it through the issuance of national bibliographies and working to deposit it in the library.
  • Collecting and preserving manuscripts, documents, rare books and government publications in all its forms.
  • Providing various sources of knowledge in all its forms
  • Develop the exchange of publications with national libraries and other information centers.

References

  1. ^ الوطنية مركز ثقافي متكامل Archived 2020-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "About the Centre". www.icc.gov.bh. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "About National Library". Isa Cultural Centre. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ ملتقى البحرين Archived 2018-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Library and Conference Hall". www.works.gov.bh. Retrieved 12 May 2022.


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