Head of the department: Ibrahimova Gulara Aydin
Tel.: (994 12) 493 06 35
E-mail: [email protected]
General information
Since the National Library named after M. F. Akhundov was established in 1923, the Library Collection Acquisitions Department continues its activity. Beginning from 1925, it extended its activity by acquiring mandatory issues of the books from various republics’ book chambers. Now the department deals with the acquisition of library collections with world-famous publications and other informative materials in different languages. Under Article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “on Library Work” approved with the 611-1 decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, dated 29 December of 1998, four copies of printed materials published by governmental publishing houses, polygraphy institutions and other legal entities, 2 copies of all newspapers and journals published across the republic are sent freely to the National Library. Library Collection Acquisitions is carried out by the staff of separate secondary book collections set up through different sources within the library.
Acquisition sources are listed below:
According to the information, dated 1st January of 2014, the collections of the National library comprise of 4.560.301 items. 2 377048 of them are books and pamphlets, and 2 183 253 of them are other documents.
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By the order of the President of Azerbaijan Republic, No. 56, dated 12 January 2004, the books of classics published in Latin alphabet and donated to the library are staffed through the reserve fund; So far, nearly 1138 copies of the periodicals in 572 types have been included to the Periodicals section. 58 of them are Azerbaijani magazines, and 89 of them are Russian magazines; 232 newspapers are in Azerbaijani and 31 newspapers are in the Russian language; 35 scientific works are in Azerbaijani, and 51 scientific works are in the Russian language, and there are also 31 types of regional newspapers. Periodicals section at the same time, replenish the periodicals published outside the country.