National library of East Timor

National Library of East Timor
Biblioteca Nacional de Timor-Leste
Biblioteka Nasionál no Arkivu Timor-Leste nian

Location| Dili, East Timor
Type| National library
Established| 2009 (15 years ago) (2009)
Reference to legal mandate| Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro de 2009
Collection
Size| 2,500
Other information
Director| João Fátima da Cruz
Employees| 10

The National Library of East Timor is the national library and the national archive of East Timor. Its building is under construction since 2011 in Ai-Tarak Laran, a quarter in the Suco of Kampung Alur in the Dom Aleixo Subdistrict of the country's capital Dili.[1]

The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009.[2] It is slowly building a Library catalog mainly with international donations. In 2014, the catalog consisted in 2,500 items donated by the National Library of Portugal.[3]

Groundbreaking for the library happened in 2017, while construction began in 2022.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "National Library and Archives of Timor-Leste". State Secretariat of Culture. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
2. ^ "Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon?: Jornal da República (Gazette of East Timor). 2009-11-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
3. ^ "National Library of Eats Timor Annual Report 2014" (PDF). State Secretariat of Culture. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
4. ^ "Brief words from His Excellency the Prime Minister General Taur Matan Ruak on the occasion of the ceremony that marks the start of construction work on the National Library of Timor-Leste". Gabinete Primeiro-Ministro. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

## External links

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* National Library of East Timor Annual Report 2014 (pdf)
* Timor-Leste Art and Culture: The Future National Library and Timor-Leste Archives, governmental article dating from 10 of November 2010

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