National_Library_of_Guinea-Bissau

National Library of Guinea-Bissau

National Library of Guinea-Bissau

Public library in Guinea-Bissau

The Biblioteca Pública do INEP is the national library of Guinea-Bissau and it is located in Bissau.[1][2] It is also the biggest public library in the country and serves as library of the Universidade Amílcar Cabral.

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It was founded in 1984 and inherited the library catalog of the colonial library in Portuguese Guinea.[2]

It is part of the National Research Institute Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP).[1]

The american corner library at the INEP was opened in 2011. With its next embassy located in Dakar, Senegal, it is the only public American presence in the country.[2]

The rich cultural patrimony of Guinea-Bissau, is hold together in this first library of the country.

Currently, a digitization project and training programme of the CPLP supports document conservation and electronic cataloging.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Guiné Bissao: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTUDOS E PESQUISA (INEP) BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA" (in Portuguese). Lisbon?: Biblioteca Digital Lusófona. c. 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  2. [2]
    "Annual Report To CDNL 2009". Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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