National Library of Iran
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The National Library of Iran is situated in Tehran, Iran. It has several branches scattered across the city. The library was officially inaugurated in 1937. Prior to this date other libraries existed that performed the same function informally.
The first prototype of a national library in Iran was the Library of Dar al-Funun College established in 1851. In 1899 another library called the Nation's Library was inaugurated in Tehran.
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[edit] New premises
The present National Library of Iran incorporates many different collections from older libraries including many rare and valuable manuscripts. The central main branch is located in north central Tehran and is still under its final stages of construction.
The electrical and mechanical contractor of New Building (located in Abbas Abad) is the Alaveh Company. Alaveh is a major contractor in Iran. Some pictures of the new building for the NLI are available at their website: [1] [2]
[edit] New Building
The new building is specially designed to combine different faculties of the library in a single platform. The library by itself is over 90,000m², one of the largest library campuses in the Middle East. It encompasses 5 separate halls, each hall dedicated to a different faculty. It includes: Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Science and Science Education and Health Studies.
[edit] Address
The address of the Iran national Library is:
- In Persian: Tehran, bozorgrah Shahid Haghani, bad az istgah metro Mirdamad, khorooji Ketabkhaneh Melli.
- In English: Tehran, Martyr Haqqani highway, passing the Mirdamad Metro Station, National Library Exit.
- Tel: +9821 88644080-81
- Fax: +9821 88644082
- e-mail: nli@nlai.ir
