The national library of albania is an albanian national library- scanrobot
national library of albania
The library holds over a million books and is known for its ancient collections.
The National Library of Albania is an Albanian national library headquartered in the capital, Tirana. It was founded in 1920 and inaugurated on December 10, 1922.
The National Library of Albania (NLA) was founded in 1920. The Albano-Balcanological collection of the Albanian Literature Commission, a joint Albanian-Austrian organism, established in the city of Shkodra in 1917, served as a nucleus of a national library. In 1920, this collection was carried from Shkodra to Tirana. Since that year, efforts were made for enriching these collections, as well as for its reorganization as a national institution.
December 10, 1922 is the national library’s inauguration date. At that time, it had approximately 6000 volumes. The end of World War II found the NLA with a collection of 15,000 volumes. The collections of Albanological character primarily increased as a result of the confiscation of some private bookshops and libraries pertaining to personalities of culture. At the end of the year 1947, its stacks counted about 100,000 volumes. At present, the NLA collections are about one million items (books, periodicals, maps, atlases, microfilms, and other library materials). It is organized and acts under the authority of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.
The NLA has become a member of IFLA, LIBER, ELAG, CENL, CDNL, etc. The NLA has book lending and exchange relations with various libraries in Europe and elsewhere.
