[1] The library initially had 8,000 printed works, but within the first year it had outgrown its original building, and in order to make the collection available to the public it moved to a temporary building on April 17, 1947.

Since its completion, the library has served its users in some 39,000 square meters of space.

[1] According to the 1934 Law on Compilation of Printed Articles and Pictures, it is obligatory to send a copy of every work published in the country to the National Library.

[4] According to the statistics of the same year, the number of people benefiting from the National Library, which has 26,478 registered members, is 629,905.

[4] The library is a member of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) and Europeana.