Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc

Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc
(National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco)
Country Morocco
Established 1924
Reference to legal mandate Dahir (King's decree), 1926, established the library as a public institution; dahir, 11 November 2003, changed the name to the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco[1]
Location Rabat
Coordinates 34°00′30″N 6°50′33″W / 34.00833°N 6.84250°W / 34.00833; -6.84250
Branches 1 (Tétouan)
Other information
Director Driss Khrouz

The Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc (Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية للمملكة المغربية; Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵙⴷⵍⵉⵙⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵜⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⵔⵔⵓⴽⵉⵜ) (previously Bibliothèque Générale and Bibliothèque Générale et Archives) is located in Rabat, Morocco with a branch in Tetouan.[1][2] The Bibliothèque Générale was created in 1924. In 2003 it was renamed the "Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc."[3]

History

The library was founded in 1924. After a dahir in 1926, it became a public establishment. Tétouan native Muhammad Abu Khubza authored a library catalog for the branch in that city in 1984.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Qui sommes nous? Historique de la BNRM". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ↑ List of Addresses of the Major Libraries in Africa (Archived October 14, 2012, at WebCite)
  3. ↑ "Historique de la BNRM" (in French). Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Jonathan Glustrom Katz, Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî, pg. 205. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1996.

Bibliography

  • Mohammed Ibrahim El Kettani (1973), Recueil sélectif de textes en arabe provenant d'archives marocaines et présentant un intérêt scientifique comme source pour l'histoire africaine (in French), Unesco, OCLC 493611466 . (Includes discussion of items held in the library)
  • "Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume: un joyau pour abriter les trésors culturels du Maroc", Le Matin (in French), Casablanca, 24 July 2003
  • "Dahir no. 1-03-200 du 16 ramadan 1424 (11 novembre 2003) portant promulgation de la loi no. 67-99 relative à la Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc" (PDF). Bulletin officiel du Royaume du Maroc (in French) (5184): 150–152. 2004. ISSN 0851-1217.
  • Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). "Maroc". Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. pp. 75–80. OCLC 401164333.
  • "Morocco", World Report 2010, The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations, OCLC 225182140, Freedom of access to information . (Includes information about the national library)
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