[2] At that time, however, it was simply the renamed branch library in Conakry of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire.
"[2] By the end of 1967, its resources included 11,000 volumes and 300 current periodicals, plus whatever it had obtained from "transfers, purchases, and gifts.
"[2] The following year saw a move to a smaller and older building, but in a more central location, and a new French-trained Guinean librarian.
[3] Around this time, the collection contained over 40,000,[4] perhaps an estimated 60,000,[5] volumes, but they were scattered around wherever there was storage space, including the basement of the Palais du Peuple and buildings belonging to the now defunct Imprimérie Patrice Lumumba, Guinea's premier printing press.
[3] In March 2015, the first stone was laid for a new building to house the library near the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry.