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Cyprus Library

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Country
  
Cyprus

Location
  
Nicosia

Founded
  
1927

Type
  
National library

Branches
  
1

Staff
  
12

Cyprus Library wwwcypruslibrarygovcymoecclCLnsf04C5CFC77

Established
  
1927 (90 years ago) (1927)

Items collected
  
Books, Journals, Newspapers, Magazines, Maps, videos and Posters

Introduction by the acting director of the university of cyprus library


The Cyprus Library (Greek: Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη Kypriakī́ Vivliothī́kī, Turkish: Kıbrıs Kütüphanesi) is the national library of the Republic of Cyprus.

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Chronology

  • 1927 – Establishment of the Cyprus Public Library on the initiative of the British Colonial Governor Sir Ronald Storrs.
  • 1968 – The Cyprus Public Library Law moves control of the library (from municipal control) to the Ministry of Education and Culture; merge of its collections with the Ministry's Library.
  • 1974 – Relocation to its original premises on the D'Avila Bastion of the Venetian walls of Nicosia.
  • 1987 – New law establishing the Cyprus Library.

    • References

    Cyprus Library Wikipedia
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