Country East Timor Location Dili Director João Fátima da Cruz Staff 10 | Established 2009 Size 2,500 Date founded 2009 Type of business National library | |
Reference to legal mandate Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro de 2009 | ||
The National Library of east Timor is the national library and the national archive of East Timor. Its building is under construction since 2011 in Ai-Tarak Laran, a quarter in the Suco of Kampung Alur in the Dom Aleixo Subdistrict of the country´s capital Dili.
The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009. It is slowly building a Library catalog mainly with international donations. In 2014, the catalog consisted in 2,500 items donated by the National Library of Portugal.
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