The National Library of Mauritania is a public institution of an administrative and financial nature, and is a legal corporate body. It has a global workforce of 41 people, including a managing director, a deputy managing director, and several heads of services. Budgetary means: State subsidy. We are counting on our foreign partners, in order to be able to digitize the contents of our National Library.

The National Library is a member of the IFLA, of the UNAL – the Unesco Network of Associated Libraries, and of the network of Francophone Libraries.

The National Library’s mission:

- To collect, conserve and circulate the national heritage in print

- Establish a national bibliography

- Available reading for the public.

It is decentralised through regional branches; at the moment there are 7 of them.

The Foundation provides logistical and operational support to the National Network in Mauretania through the Network Strategic Development Scheme (NSDS). For more information, please refer to the document “NSDS Step 4” under Resources column on the right. This document highlights the main responsibilities and services to be provided by the Network Coordinator for the members until 31 August 2011.

Under Resources you can also find other important documents for the Network, such as: Network Internal Rules, Members List and Member Survey Results 2010.