National Library (Vanuatu)

The National Library is the national library of Vanuatu. Located within the Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Port Vila, it contains about 15,000 books and serves both as a national repository for "rare and special" material, and as a lending library.^[1][2] It was established in April 2004.^[3]

The Library possesses two "special collections", one devoted to Vanuatu and the other to other parts of the Pacific.^[4] It holds "some 500 rare items" about Vanuatu, primarily a collection of rare books.^[3] Its "rare and special" items include "anthropological and archaeological materials, art and arts references, autobiographical records and biographies, a large section of works on the languages of Vanuatu, mission histories, oral traditions, cultural, historical and political records, journals, newspapers and periodicals".^[4]

Anne Naupa serves as Chief Librarian.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ "National Library", Vanuatu Cultural Centre
2. ^ "National Library of Vanuatu", Australian National University
3. ^ ^{a b c} 2008 Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania
4. ^ ^{a b c} "National Library", Vanuatu Cultural Centre

Coordinates: 17°44′43″S 168°19′03″E / 17.7452°S 168.3175°E / -17.7452; 168.3175