[1] The library possesses an abundant fund consisting of various collections (books, journals, periodicals, dissertations, and synopsis, etc.

[2] On the 4 July 1919, during the council meeting of the ministers of Armenia, a law regarding "The national public book depository" was adopted.

The oldest of them all – the main building – was built according to the project of Alexander Tamanyan in 1939 and meant to house around seven million books.

The library's main building has gained the status of a historical and cultural architectural monument.

The collection of NLA is annually replenished with copies of world literature through international book-sharing.