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The National Library of the Republic of the Maldives (Gaumee Kuthubuhaanaa) was established in 1945. It serves as the Public and National Library of the country, maintaining modern literature.
The library plays a major role in rendering its service to the general public, by providing a diverse collection of all published reading materials and documents within the country. This encourages reading habit and research work among the community, and are especially useful to students, teachers, researchers, Government personnels and children.
The National Library is financed by the government and functions under the Ministry of Information Arts and Culture.
History in brief
The National Library of the Republic of Maldives was founded on 12 th July 1945 as the "State Library" of the Maldives by Ameer Mohamed Amin Didi, then the Head of the Department of Education. The Library was renamed "Majeedi Library" in 1948 after one of the most popular statesmen of the Maldives, Ameer Abdul Majeed Didi.
In the climate of development and modernization that has prevailed since 1978 the library was named "National Library" by His Excellency President Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on 1 st June 1982 .
The Library has a fairly good number of Arabic and Urudu books besides Dhivehi and English books. The English section holds more than 37,970 books including both Reference Fiction and Non-Fiction. Dhivehi section, Arabic section and Urudu section holds 10212, 1570 and 950 books respectively. In addition, the Library holds special collections in its American Corner; UN collection; Women and Gender collection. Serial collection holds periodical volumes, reports, manuscripts, journals and other serials, newspapers and press cutting files, and pamphlets. The Library's collection includes books relating to different subjects such as: Generalities; Philosophy & Psychology; Religion; Social Sciences; Environment; Language; Natural Sciences & Mathematics; Technology (Applied Science); The Arts - Fine and Decorative arts; Literature & Rhetoric; Geography & History.
See also
External links and references
Categories:- Libraries in the Maldives
- Buildings and structures in the Maldives
- National libraries
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