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Mongolian National Library ((モンゴル語:Монгол улсын үндэсний номын сан)) located in Ulaanbaatar, is the largest and oldest surviving library in Mongolia. It houses over 3 million books and publications, 1 million of which are rare and valuable books, sutras and manuscripts, including the world's only surviving copies of many ancient Buddhist texts. ==Collections== The purpose of the National Library of Mongolia, according to its Rules of Organization and Operation, is “to collect and preserve manuscripts, sutras, academic degree dissertations, as well as books and periodicals that are published in Mongolia and significant foreign books and periodicals; to create a national bibliography; to serve efficiently the library users with the above material and to provide other public libraries with professional methodology, guidance and information.” The National Library of Mongolia is not only the largest library in the country, it is also the Professional Methodological Centre that develops regulations and legal documents to be applied in libraries in the country, develops and publishes professional publications, guidelines and bibliography and provides consultancy to over 1,500 public libraries of the country. Of around 3 million books and publications in the Library’s collection, 1 million are rare and valuable books, sutras and manuscripts, including the world's only copies of many Buddhist texts. The collection includes historical materials in Mongolian, Manchu, Tibetan, and Chinese.〔("Participant: Mongolian National Library." LALORC Project Survey, American Center for Mongolian Studies. No date. Accessed 1 July 2008. )〕 There are also contemporary collections in German, Japanese, and Korean funded by non-profits from the respective countries in addition to a Soros Foundation funded English education room to help students prepare for language proficiency exams abroad. There is a United Nations depository reading room and 10 computers for Internet access.〔(State Central Library of Mongolia. “Book Palace for Children.” CDNLAO Newsletter. 49 (2004). Accessed 7 May 2008. )〕 The National Library also has a significant collection of photocopied pictographs and old xylographed books.〔(“National Library of Mongolia” Libraries of Asia Pacific Directory (2005). Accessed 7 May 2008. )〕 "Messenger for the People" Mobile Library has opened in 2011 in cooperation with Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the World Bank and Rural Education and Development Project.〔(Library )〕 A former branch of the National Library is the (Children's Book Palace ) in Ulan Bator. It has an impressive collection of over 100,000 books in Mongolian, English, and Russian, in addition to three reading rooms. The reading rooms have titles like “Big Knowledge Man,” for younger children, “Dream,” for teenagers, and the “Education and Development” room with Internet access. The library has received the support of international organizations such as the Soros Foundation, Asian Development Bank.〔(State Central Library of Mongolia. “Book Palace for Children.” CDNLAO Newsletter. 49 (2004). Accessed 7 May 2008. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Library of Mongolia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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