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Monday, June 25, 2012

The National Library in Lebanon

The National Library was founded in 1921, and ever since 1975, it has been subject to sabotage and looting. The remnants of its staff, as well as that of Arab and world book collections and periodicals, were dispersed, knowing that there are around 150 thousand documents and 3000 manuscripts remaining today. In 1999, the Culture Ministry launched a project to revive the library and restore the ancient collections and documents. During the past two years, an inventory of 115 thousand books was conducted, where they were cleaned and restored. Today, they are being classified and indexed. In the coming months, they will be moved to their headquarters in an antique building,which was occupied previously by the Lebanese University 's Faculty of Law in Beirut (facing Sanaye3 garden).
For more information visit The Lebanese National Library

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