National Library of Spain
The National Library of Spain (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is in Madrid. It is Spain's largest library.[3] It is also one of the world's largest libraries. It was started by King Philip V of Spain in 1712.[3]
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| Country | Spain |
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| Established | 1712 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Royal Decree 1581/1991 on October 31st. |
| Location | Madrid |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 26,000,000 items, including 15,000,000 books and other printed materials, 30,000 manuscripts, 143,000 newspapers and serials, 4,500,000 graphic materials, 510,000 music scores, etc. |
| Legal deposit | Yes, by Decree on December 23rd 1957 |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Access to reproductions and post-1958 materials is open to Biblioteca Nacional library card holders. Access to pre-1958 materials is only allowed with a researcher card.[1] Materials in exceptional circumstances are subject to special restrictions.[2] |
| Members | 115,707 readers in 2007. The web users in the same year were 1,800,935. |
| Other information | |
| Budget | €47,380,860 |
| Director | Ana Santos Aramburo (since 2013) |
| Staff | 1025 (including external employees) |
| Website | http://www.bne.es/ |
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| Native name Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de España | |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Official name: Biblioteca Nacional de España | |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1983 |
| Reference No. | RI-51-0004908 |
National Library Of Spain Media
Stairs and main entrance with monuments to San Isidoro, Alonso Berruguete, Alfonso X el Sabio by José Alcoverro
Statue of Hispania by Agustí Querol above the library
Building of the National Library of Spain in Alcalá de Henares
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References
- ↑ "Carnés de la Biblioteca". www.bne.es (in español). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ "Carné de investigador. Biblioteca Nacional de España". www.bne.es (in español). 12 December 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services, ed. Robert Wedgeworth (Chicago : American Library Association, 1993), p. 783
Other websites
Media related to Biblioteca Nacional de España at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- Official web catalog (in English)
Coordinates: 40°25′25.49″N 3°41′24.16″W / 40.4237472°N 3.6900444°W
