Objectives:

		Providing adequate central services, including the creation of the National Union Catalogue, List of Serials and other reference tools.
		Collecting all published materials and documents within the country, and organising and preserving those collections.
		Providing library services to the general public.
		Promoting literacy through a network of mobile libraries, and through the publication of Nepali literature.
		Assisting other public libraries in the country in providing efficient services.
		In accordance with the Nepal Copyrights Act 2022, the NNL also makes arrangements for the protection of the copyright of intellectual properties including books, periodicals, films, works of art etc.

Collection:
At present the NNL has more than 75,000 books, documents and periodicals in different languages including Nepali, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and others. 

Facilities & Services:

Reference & Reading Service	CD-ROM Databases	Inter-Library Loan
Current Awareness	Photocopying	Copyright Registration
Children's Library Service	Online Access	Local Automated Database

Organization:

	Technical Section
	Collection Development	Technical Processing
	Library and Information Services Section
	Reference Service	Children's Library
	External Relations and Networking
	Administrative and Copyright Section
	Preservation and Conservation	Administration and Finance
	Periodicals Section

Users:
The Library users are the general public, government personnel, teachers, students, researchers and children. 

Databases:
The Library has implemented a Bibliographic Information System using the CDS/ISIS software package developed by UNESCO. Twenty-one libraries in Nepal have joined the National Union Catalogue Network. The first volume of NUC was published in 1997. 

Children's Library Unit:
A separate Children's Library Unit was established on the auspicious occasion of the Nepal Children's Day on August 20, 1995. More than 1200 children's books in Nepali and in English have been acquired in different subjects. 

Re-organisation of the Library with UNESCO Support:
In order to strengthen the library service system in Nepal, UNESCO, with financial support from DANIDA, has been supporting the NNL in a five year project, the "Re-organisation of the Nepal National Library in Support of Literacy Programme" from December 1994 to December 1999. The project has assisted the NNL in: 

		Setting up adequate central services;
		Developing a Mobile Library component to serve very remote and isolated communities, in close association with the Basic and Primary Education Project (BPEP);
		Designating affiliated libraries in the Eastern, Western, Mid-Western and Far-Western Development Regions with special emphasis on provision for literacy and post literacy requirements;
		Encouraging writers and publishers by subsidizing the writing and publishing of Nepali literature, including books for children;
		Developing a skilled workforce through training of library and information personnel;
		Reinforcing the services provided by the Resource Centres being established under BPEP by providing recreational reading materials for children; and
		Promoting the new image of the NNL and publicizing its role and improved services.

Mobile Library
To develop Mobile Library in the country NNL has launched mobile library services in two places Aalapot and Tinthana in Kathmandu district since July 29, 2000. The library is going to trace other places for the very purpose in this district in near future. 

Technical assistance from Japan
The Government of Japan has agreed to provide micrographic equipment to Nepal National Library to enhance the preservation of the valuable materials in its possession. 

Library Hours:
Summer: 09:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday 
Winter: 09:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday 

Mailing Address:
Napal National Library 
Harihar Bhawan, Pulchowk, P.O.Box 182, Lalitpur, Nepal 
Tel: 977-1-521132; Fax: 977-1-536461 
E-mail: nnl@nnl.wlink.com.np
NNL Website: http://nnl1.homepage.com
Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) homepage: http://www.nla.gov.au/lap/libs/nepal.html