Libraries in Azerbaijan
[2] The first publicly accessible library on the territory of modern Azerbaijan was opened on August 1, 1894 with the permission of Baku’s Governor Gorchakov.
In 1939, the library was named after the Azerbaijani educator, playwright and thinker Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh.
The Library collection consists of rare book copies on various languages published in the XVI-XIX and at the beginning of the XX century.
The Library is dominated by materials on economics, politics, state-building, law, philosophy, statistics, history, literature and linguistics.
Generally, the library fund includes 250 magazines, newspapers and other periodicals published in the republic and other countries.
At the initial stage, the Azerbaijani intelligentsia played an important role in the organization of the library fund.
The purpose of the creation of the Central Scientific Library is to promote the political, economic, social and cultural achievements of Azerbaijan, to expand the use of the Azerbaijani language in information resources, to improve the information support of modern scientific research.
In the first years of its creation, the library consisted of a small number of books and a single service department.
Mirzə Ələkbər Sabir adına Mərkəzi Şəhər Kitabxanası) was opened in March 1919 according to the decision of the Department of culture and education of the Union of Azerbaijani Consumer Society, adopted in 1918.
Respublika Gözdənəlillər Kitabxanası) was established in 1981 according to decree of the Presidium of the Central Administration of the Society of the Blind of Azerbaijan dated May 23, 1980.
[8] The Scientific library of Baku State University was opened in 1919 on the initiative of the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
[9] According to the order of the Council of People's Commissars, in 1920–1922, books from various departments and organizations were transferred to the library.
[11] In 2000, a coordination center was established for the exchange of official documents and books between the parliamentary libraries of the CIS countries.
