| State Library of Turkmenistan | |
|---|---|
| Döwlet kitaphanasy | |
| Location | Ashgabat,  Turkmenistan |
| Type | National library |
| Established | 1895 (129 years ago) (1895) |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | 5 530 000 |
The State Library of Turkmenistan is located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
History
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
The library was established in 1895.
Turkmenistan
As of 2006, the library had a collection of 5 million items including books, maps, manuscripts, dissertations, journals, and newspapers; there were about 22,000 members. Book exhibitions were regularly held both in its premises and provincial libraries. Yet, the library played an insignificant role in society, and as of 2007, remained the only Central Asian library not to join the Library Assembly of Eurasia.
In 2005, the library received funds to replace its card catalogs with an online public access catalog (OPAC); as of 2012, no progress has been made. Internet literacy among librarians remained low, as of 2012. Statistics on the publication of books in Turkmenistan remain unavailable, and the national bibliography has been stale for years.
See also
References
- "TURKMENISTAN: United Nations Depository Libraries - Dag Hammarskjöld Library". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- ^ Richardson, John V. (June 2006). "The Library and Information Economy in Turkmenistan". IFLA Journal. 32 (2): 131–139. doi:10.1177/0340035206066410. ISSN 0340-0352. S2CID 144735001.
- ^ Dzhigo, Alexander; Teplitskaya, Alexandra (2007-12-31). "National Bibliographies of the Post-Soviet Central Asian States". Slavic & East European Information Resources. 8 (4): 3–17. doi:10.1300/J167v08n04_02. ISSN 1522-8886. S2CID 143656925.
- ^ Spencer, Erika Hope (2010-03-25). "Book Chambers in Central Asia". Slavic & East European Information Resources. 11 (1): 35–40. doi:10.1080/15228881003635239. ISSN 1522-8886. S2CID 144717021.
- ^ Richardson, John V. (October 2013). "The information economy of Turkmenistan: A seven-year update". IFLA Journal. 39 (3): 243–250. doi:10.1177/0340035213498836. ISSN 0340-0352. S2CID 155001699.
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