National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo

National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (French: Bibliothèque Nationale de la République démocratique du Congo) is located in Kinshasa and was established in 1974 as an office within Ministry of Culture and Arts. In 1989, it became autonomous under presidential order.^[2]

National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bibliotheque Nationale de la Republique Democratique du Congo
4.304125629604195°S 15.28307406465234°E / -4.304125629604195; 15.28307406465234
Location	10 Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi, Kinshasa[1], Democratic Republic of the Congo
Established	1974
Reference to legal mandate	Act No. 74-002
Collection
Size	1.2m books 7,500 photographs, 175 periodicals[1]
Legal deposit	yes
Other information
Director	Professor Georges Mulumba Kalonga[1]

In 2009, the Library received a $14,880 initiative from the Model United Nations of the University of Chicago and UNESCO to modernize facilities, train staff members and purchase new technology and materials.^[3] Although the library contains over seven thousand historical photographs of the political and cultural history of the country, only 25% have been scanned due to a lack of resources.^[4]

See also

• Bibliothèque de l'université de Kinshasa [fr]
• Centre de documentation de l'enseignement supérieur, universitaire et de la recherche à Kinshasa [fr]