The Collection of Bangladesh National Library (NLB) is the nation’s pride. The principal characteristics of its collection is that it covers all major disciplines and branches of human knowledge i.e. Literature, Cultural Heritage, History, Arts, Archaeology, Science and Technology, Medical Science, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, Library and Information Science, Management, Development Administration, Environment, Woman Affairs, HRD, etc. and is preserved in scientific manner. In addition to country’s all most all publications the library has a large collection of foreign representational publications especially on Asian countries and more specific related to South Asian Studies. The library enriches its collections by various means i.e. acquiring publication under copyright act, purchase, institutional/personal donations, complimentary copies etc.
Bangladesh National Library Collections in Details
Total Number of Books and Bound Volumes above 5 lacs
Books : Number of fully and partly processed and usable books 2 lacs
| Number of preserved Bengali Dailies titles | 168 | |
| Number of preserved Bengali Weekly | 313 | |
| Number of preserved Bengali Periodicals | 627 | |
| Number of preserved English dailies | 28 | |
| Number of preserved English Weekly | 36 | |
| Number of preserved English Periodicals | 235 | |
| Number of Maps | 3000 | |
| Microfilm Roll | 59 nos.(1875-1926) | |
| Microfiche | 1500 nos.(1985-1992) | |
| Documentary (Video Picture) | 5 nos | |
| Photography (2001-2005) | 2000 nos | |
| Negative Film | 92 nos | |
| Slide | 24 nos | |
| Bangladesh Gazettes | 55 | |
| Current Bengali Dailies titles | 55 | |
| Current Bengali Weekly titles | 75 | |
| Current Bengali Periodicals titles | 105 | |
| Current English dailies titles | 6 | |
| Current English Weekly titles | 10 | |
| Current English Periodicals titles | 20 |
Bibliographical collection of NLB in 2009 under the Copy Right Law:
Bengali Titles = 723 nos.
English Titles = 63 nos.
Total books = 786 nos.
i. Accession List in 2009 of NLB Collection
ii. Rare Collection of NLB
iii. Biblographical Collection of NLB in 2008
iv. Old News Papers / Journals / Magazines etc of NLB
v. Special Collection of NLB
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