Biblioteca Nacional de España
| National Library of Spain | |
|---|---|
| Biblioteca Nacional de España | |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Established | 1711 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Royal Decree 1581/1991 on 31 October |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 26,000,000 items, including 15,000,000 books and other printed materials, 30,000 manuscripts, 143,000 newspapers and serials, 4,500,000 graphic materials, 510,000 music scores, etc. |
| Legal deposit | Yes, by Decree on 23 December 1957 |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Access to reproductions and post-1958 materials is open to Biblioteca Nacional library card holders. Access to pre-1958 materials is only allowed with a researcher card. Materials in exceptional circumstances are subject to special restrictions. |
| Members | 115,707 readers in 2007. The web users in the same year were 1,800,935. |
| Other information | |
| Budget | €47,380,860 |
| Director | Ana Santos Aramburo (since 2013) |
| Employees | 1025 (including external employees) |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Biblioteca Nacional de España |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1983 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0004908 |
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The Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain) is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world. Founded in 1711, it is an autonomous agency attached to the Ministry of Culture since 1990. Its headquarters is located on the Paseo de Recoletos in Madrid, sharing the building with the National Archaeological Museum.