National Library of Guinea-Bissau

Public Library of the INEP (National Library) Biblioteca Pública do INEP
The INEP, seat of the Public and National Library
11°51′23.9″N 15°36′36.6″W
Location	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Type	National library
Established	1984
Reference to legal mandate	decreto-lei n.º 31/84, de 10 de Novembro der 1984
Collection
Size	70,000
Legal deposit	Yes
Other information
Director	Iacuba Djalo
Website	http://www.inep-bissau.org/

The Biblioteca Pública do INEP is the national library of Guinea-Bissau and it is located in Bissau.[1][2] It is also the biggest public library in the country and serves as library of the Universidade Amílcar Cabral.

It was founded in 1984 and inherited the library catalog of the colonial library in Portuguese Guinea.[2]

It is part of the National Research Institute Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP).[1]

The american corner library at the INEP was opened in 2011. With its next embassy located in Dakar, Senegal, it is the only public American presence in the country.[2]

The rich cultural patrimony of Guinea-Bissau, is hold together in this first library of the country.

Currently, a digitization project and training programme of the CPLP supports document conservation and electronic cataloging.

See also

• Arquivos Históricos Nacionais da República da Guiné-Bissau
• List of national libraries

References

1. "Guiné Bissao: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTUDOS E PESQUISA (INEP) BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA" (in Portuguese). Lisbon?: Biblioteca Digital Lusófona. c. 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
2. "Annual Report To CDNL 2009". Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

Bibliography

• Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). "Guinée-Bissau". Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. OCLC 401164333.