Contact Information

• Name:

  National Library of Namibia

• Postal Address:

  
  Windhoek
  Namibia

• Location:

  Corner of Eugene Maris and Körner Streets

• Telephone:

  -5390

• Facsimile:

  -5398

• E-mail:

  ref@yaotto.natlib.mec.gov.na

• URL:

  http://yaotto.natlib.mec.gov.na

• Director:

  Johan Loubser

• Year founded:

  1926

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Library

• Types of source material:

  Ephemera
  Grey literature
  Manuscripts
  Newspapers
  Personal papers
  Posters
  

• Size:

  100,000 books, 60 newspaper titles, 2300 periodical titles

• Holdings:

  We are a legal deposit library for Namibian publications. We purchase general reference material. We receive donations, exchanges and we are a depository for UN, World Bank, and GATT publications.

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  English, Afrikaans, German
  

Access Conditions

• Finding tools:

  Card catalogs
  Electronic catalogs
  

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications:

• Namibia Books in Print. 1990+
• Namibia National Bibliography. 1990+