Cyprus Library
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The Cyprus Library is the national library of Cyprus
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Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
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Chronology
- 1927 Establishment of the Cyprus Public Library on the initiative of the British Colonial Governor Sir Ronald StorrsRonald StorrsSir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs, KCMG, CBE was an official in the British Foreign and Colonial Office. He served as Oriental Secretary in Cairo, Military Governor of Jerusalem, Governor of Cyprus, and Governor of Northern Rhodesia.-Biography:The eldest son of John Storrs, the Dean of Rochester...
. - 1968 The Cyprus Public Library Law moves control of the library (from municipal control) to the Ministry of Education and Culture; merge of its collections with the Ministry's Library.
- 1974 Relocation to its original premises on the D'Avila Bastion of the Venetian walls of Nicosia.
- 1987 New law establishing the Cyprus Library.