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{{Short description|National library of Cyprus}}
{{Infobox library
| native_name = {{native name|el|Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη}}<br />{{native name|tr|Kıbrıs Kütüphanesi}}
| name = Cyprus Library
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| country = [[Cyprus]]
| type = [[National library]]
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| established = {{Start date and age|1927|paren=yes}}
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| location = [[Nicosia]]
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| website = {{URL|http://www.cypruslibrary.gov.cy/}}
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The '''Cyprus Library''' ({{langx|el|Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη|}}, {{Transliteration|el|ISO|''Kypriakī́ Vivliothī́kī''}}, [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Kıbrıs Kütüphanesi) is the [[national library]] of the [[Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus]].<ref name=cypruslibrary>{{cite web|title=Cyprus Library|url=http://www.cypruslibrary.gov.cy/moec/cl/cl.nsf/dmlindex_en/dmlindex_en?opendocument|publisher=cypruslibrary.gov.cy|accessdate=25 February 2014|archive-date=12 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212060436/http://www.cypruslibrary.gov.cy/moec/cl/cl.nsf/DMLindex_en/DMLindex_en?opendocument|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=tripadvisor>{{cite web|title=Cyprus Library|url=http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g190383-d3223477-Reviews-Cyprus_Library-Nicosia_Nicosia_District.html|publisher=tripadvisor.co.uk|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=theeuropeanlibrary>{{cite web|title=Cyprus Library|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/contributor/P01260|publisher=theeuropeanlibrary.org|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>

Its aim is to secure, process, and make available publications that are produced in Cyprus or have to do with Cyprus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Background |url=https://www.cypruslibrary.gov.cy/index.php/en/kypriaki-vivliothiki/istoriko |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.cypruslibrary.gov.cy}}</ref>

== History ==
The Cyprus Library was founded by the British Colonial Governor [[Ronald Storrs|Sir Ronald Storrs]], who noticed the lack of a public library in Cyprus. During the period books were brought from Britain to add to the library.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη: Πως μπορείς να δανειστείς ένα από τα 178,000 βιβλία(ΒΙΝΤΕΟ) {{!}} AlphaNews.Live |url=https://www.alphanews.live/cyprus/kypriaki-bibliothiki-pos-mporeis-na-daneisteis-ena-apo-ta-178000-bibliabinteo |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.alphanews.live |language=el}}</ref> It used to work under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Youth, but after the establishment of a separate Deputy Ministry of Culture, it is now organised under it.

In 1968 the Cyprus Public Library Law moved control of the library from the Municipality of Nicosia to the Ministry of Education and Culture and it merged its collections with the Ministry's Library. In 1974 it was relocated to its original premises on the D'Avila Bastion of the [[Walls of Nicosia|Venetian walls of Nicosia]]. In 1987 a new law establishing the Cyprus Library was passed. In 2022 it came under the control of the newly established Deputy Ministry of Culture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Κλάδος Βιβλιοθηκών / Βιβλιοθήκες - Κέντρα Πληροφόρησης / Κυπριάκη Βιβλιοθήκη |url=http://www.culture.gov.cy/dmculture/culture.nsf/home/home?openform |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.culture.gov.cy |language=el}}</ref>

== Holdings ==
The Cyprus Library houses over 178,000 books.<ref name=":0" />

The oldest work in the possession of the Library is ''Malta Illustrata'', the first book that was published in [[Malta]] in 1647, written by Giovanfrancesco Abela.<ref name=":0" />

== Locations ==
'''Main Location:'''

[[Eleftheria square|Eleftherias Square]], 1011 Lefkosia

'''Reference Department'''

46th Faneromenis Str. 1011 Lefkosia (Former Faneromeni Library)

Two additional locations used for digitisation, storage and conservation of books.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Χατζηανδρέα |first=Κωνσταντίνα |date=2024-03-04 |title=Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη: Περιμένουν το ΟΚ από Μάκη για νέο σύγχρονο κτήριο στην Αρχιγραμματεία |url=https://www.offsite.com.cy/eidiseis/koinonia/kypriaki-bibliothiki-perimenoyn-ok-apo-maki-gia-neo-syghrono-ktirio-stin |work=Offsite News}}</ref>

== Publications about the Cyprus Library ==

* Ανδρέου, Α. Κ. & Τσιμπόγλου, Φ. Χ. (2010). [https://lekythos.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/10797/14100 ''Στρατηγικό Σχέδιο Ανάπτυξης της Κυπριακής Βιβλιοθήκης 2010-2014. Από την πραγματικότητα στο ιδεώδες, μέσω του εφικτού'']. Λευκωσία.

== See also ==

* [[List of national libraries]]

== External links ==

* [https://opac.cypruslibrary.gov.cy Collection of the Cyprus Library]
* [http://www.cyprusdigitallibrary.org.cy/ Digital Platform of the Cyprus Library]

==References==
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{{National libraries of Europe}}
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[[Category:Culture of Cyprus]]
[[Category:National libraries]]
[[Category:1927 establishments in Cyprus]]
[[Category:Libraries established in 1927]]
[[Category:Libraries in Cyprus]]

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