National Library of Jordan

The National Library of Jordan is the legal deposit and copyright library of Jordan. It was founded in 1977.

History

 * 1977: Establishing the Directorate of Libraries and National Documents.
 * 1990: The Directorate of Libraries and National Documents was replaced by two new entities:
 * Department of the National Library.
 * Documentation Center


 * 1994: Both the department of the National Library and Documentation Center were merged to be a separate department connected to the Minister of Culture under the name the Department of the National Library.

Department of the National Library tasks

 * National intellectual product promotion and preservation.
 * Collecting intellectual product mainly related to the National Jordanian Heritage. Other intellectual product area of interest: Arab World, Arabic & Islamic civilization, and Human Heritage in general.
 * Preserving documents from different public institutions, documents relevant to Jordan in addition to private documents.
 * Providing depository services.
 * Issuing the Jordanian National Bibliography.
 * Publishing and facilitating material related to libraries' work.
 * Coordinating the work of public libraries.
 * Allowing access to researchers.
 * Mutual lending with other national, regional & international libraries.
 * Organizing different cultural events.
 * Exchanging & gifting materials.
 * Cooperation with international entities in relation to library services.