M. Elena Pintilei
AgasiAmbartumean (1961 the year of construction of the main building)
August 22, 1832
The National Library of the Republic of Moldova located in Chişinău, Moldova is the main library of the state which is responsible for conservation, valorization and protection of written cultural heritage. The National Library operates according to the guiding principles of UNESCO referring to this type of libraries, it is part of the European Digital Library.
A total of 2.5 million documents in 30 languages represent the multimedia collection of the National Library of the Republic of Moldova, including: manuscripts, printed materials, audio-visual documents, graphic documents, micro formats, electronic documents.
Around 100 000 new books and the same number of digitized copies in Romanian language with total cost of about 1 mln euro were acquired by the Government of Romania in order to support 300 public libraries of Moldova.
