Short Information About The Library	[ About National Library ]

• The Library stuff:  584 employee.
• The date of the foundation:  1846 year.
• The old names of the Library:
  from 1846 -- Tbilisi Public Library;
  from 1923 -- State Public Library;
  from 1955 -- State Republican Library after K.Marks;
  from 1990 -- National Library of Georgia;
  from 1996 -- National Parliamentary Library of Georgia;
• Accommodation of the Library:  19,895 sqm.
• The number of readers:
  1996 -- 6,815 readers;
  1997 -- 7,626 readers;
• The number of visitors:
  1996 -- 596,158 visitors;
  1997 -- 386,037 visitors;
• The category and number of readers (in 1997):
  Scientists -- 523;
  Students -- 4,159;
  School children -- 164;
  The workers of cultural and educational field -- 184;
  The workers of the literature and art -- 238;
  Average-technical personnel -- 166;
  Agricultural specialists -- 131;
  Doctors and middle medical personnel -- 180;
  Engineers and technical workers -- 219;
  Economists -- 255;
  Lawyers -- 226;
  Military men -- 235;
  The Workers of State machinery -- 205;
  Others (pensioners, housewife, unemployed people, etc.) -- 741;
• The found of the library:
  Books -- 3,933,383;
  Magazines and serial publications -- 2,072,002;
  Newspapers -- 7,531,475;
  Other publications -- 1,596,568;
• The language of publications:
  Georgian -- 4,696,557;
  Russian -- 8,316,947;
  Armenian -- 370,163;
  Azerbaijanian -- 134,340;
  On language of CIS -- 918,490;
  Foreign languages -- 697,031;
• The systems of cataloging:  Alphabetical, Systematical, Subjective, Topographical, Chronographical, Geographical.
• Subscription between libraries:
  Sent to 7 countries -- 12 books and 4 periodicals;
  Received from 5 countries -- 1 book and 9 copies from books.
• International book exchange:
  30 organizations of 21 countries.
  Received:  94 books, 346 magazines and 13 other publications;
  Sent:  55 books, 199 magazines and 102 newspapers;
• Computers:
  1 -- IBM/PC i486DX2;
  1 -- Pentium 133 Mz;
• Electronic Catalogues:
  Newly received Georgian books (from 1992) -- 6,000 records;
  Newsletter "Sacartvelos Respublica" analytical description (from 1992) -- 28,000 records.

By 1997

 See also: | National Library of Georgia | Georgia | GeREs - Georgia Resources |