Central National Library of the Republic of Montenegro
Encyclopedia
The Central National Library of Montenegro (Montenegrin
: Centralna narodna biblioteka Crne Gore) is the legal deposit
and copyright
library for Montenegro
. It is located in the buildings of the former Italian Legation and French Embassy and has an area of 7500 m² (8,969.9 sq yd).
Its owns over 1,500,000 titles, newspapers and journals, as well as a huge number of minute and other library
materials (catalogues, geographical and historical maps
and atlas
es, picture cards and photograph
s, albums, manuscripts, micrographic forms, etc.)
Montenegrin language
Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...
: Centralna narodna biblioteka Crne Gore) is the legal deposit
Legal deposit
Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. The requirement is mostly limited to books and periodicals. The number of copies varies and can range from one to 19 . Typically, the national library is one of the...
and copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
library for Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
. It is located in the buildings of the former Italian Legation and French Embassy and has an area of 7500 m² (8,969.9 sq yd).
Its owns over 1,500,000 titles, newspapers and journals, as well as a huge number of minute and other library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
materials (catalogues, geographical and historical maps
MAPS
Maps is the plural of map, a visual representation of an area.As an acronym, MAPS may refer to:* Mail Abuse Prevention System, an organisation that provides anti-spam support...
and atlas
Atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a map of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets in the Solar System. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats...
es, picture cards and photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
s, albums, manuscripts, micrographic forms, etc.)