State Library of Turkmenistan
Döwlet kitaphanasy
LocationAshgabat,  Turkmenistan
TypeNational library
Established1895 (1895)
Collection
Items collected5 530 000

The State Library of Turkmenistan is located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[1]

History

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

The library was established in 1895.[2]

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.[2] Book exhibitions were regularly held both in its premises and provincial libraries.[2] 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.[3][4]

In 2005, the library received funds to replace its card catalogs with an online public access catalog (OPAC);[2] as of 2012, no progress has been made.[5] Internet literacy among librarians remained low, as of 2012.[5] Statistics on the publication of books in Turkmenistan remain unavailable, and the national bibliography has been stale for years.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TURKMENISTAN: United Nations Depository Libraries - Dag Hammarskjöld Library". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 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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