Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
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| Country | Ukraine |
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| Established | August 2, 1918 |
| Location | prosp. 40-richchia Zhovtnia, 3, Kiev (Ukraine) |
| Coordinates | 50°24′14″N 30°31′07″E / 50.40389°N 30.51861°E |
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| Size | 16,000,000 total Items |
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| Director | Volodymyr Popyk |
| Staff | 900 |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20081217090236/http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/eng/ |
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, VNLU (Ukrainian: Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) is the main academic library and main scientific information centre in Ukraine, one of the world's largest(top twenty) national libraries. It is located in the capital of the country – Kiev. The library contains about 15 million items. The library has the most complete collection of Slavic writing, archives of outstanding world and Ukrainian scientists and cultural persons. The holdings include the collection of the Presidents of Ukraine, archive copies of Ukrainian printed documents from 1917, and archives of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine was established on 15 August 1918 by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi as the "National Library of the Ukrainian State" (Natsionalna biblioteka Ukrayinskoyi Derzhavy). On 5 September 1918 there was established the Provisional Committee on creation of the National Library headed by Vladimir Vernadsky (Volodymyr Vernadsky).
The collection of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine contains more than 15 million items. Its basis form the large book collections of 18th-19th centuries.
As a depository library the Library has systematic acquisition. Annually, it receives 160.000-180.000 documents (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.). Holdings include all Ukrainian publications and copies of all Ukrainian candidate and doctoral theses. The library exchanges materials with more than 1.500 research and academic institutions and libraries from 80 countries. As a United Nations depository library since 1964, the library receives all English and Russian language publications from the United Nations and its special institutions.
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