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The National Library of Bangladesh (NLB; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় গ্রন্থাগার, romanized: Bānlādēśa jātīẏa granthāgāra) is the legal depository of all new books and other printed materials published in Bangladesh under the copyright law of Bangladesh.
National Library Building is the headquarters of the National Library Board. Bishan Public Library Jurong Regional Library. The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. [1]
The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of The Straits Times available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010.
Reference Catalogue of Current Literatures (vol. I-III) 26 (10.20) (depth) UK Publishers catalogues for the year 1913. The third volume measured in at around 10 inches thick. [29] London Gazette (Apr. - June, 1919) 24 (9.48) (depth) According to the National Library of Scotland, this is the largest book in their collection. [citation needed]
The first national library to establish in the Americas became the National Library of Colombia having been founded on 9 January 1777, as the Real Biblioteca by Manuel Antonio Flórez, the Viceroy of New Granada. [21] In the newly formed American republic, James Madison first proposed instituting a congressional library in 1783. [22]
Newer generations of library catalog systems, typically called discovery systems (or a discovery layer), are distinguished from earlier OPACs by their use of more sophisticated search technologies, including relevancy ranking and faceted search, as well as features aimed at greater user interaction and participation with the system, including tagging and reviews.
A "♦" indicates a national library of a province or state, or constituent country or dependent state [neutrality is disputed]. It is listed under the sovereign state which governs that entity. Sovereign states are listed even when they have no national library or when the existence and name of a national library could not yet be ascertained.
The National Library traces its history back to 1823 with the establishment of the first national public library as suggested by Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. It was renamed the Hullett Memorial Library in 1923, co-located with Singapore's first school, Raffles Institution , at a site now occupied by the Raffles City ...