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national library

noun

a library established and funded by a national government with the designation national, to serve the needs of this government, often to function as a library of record for the nation's publishing output, and in some cases to act as a central agency for library and bibliographic development in the nation.

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About 2,200 items are missing at the National Library of Wales - an increase of 84% in two years.

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Among missing books are the history of the national library building itself in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, by Daniel Huws, and books by George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf.

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Citizens were penning letters to the editor to defend their library during last week’s National Library – from Moultrie, Georgia to East Aurora, New York.

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In a statement about this year's picks, the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden said, “Films reflect our nation’s history and culture and must be preserved in our national library for generations to come. This is a collective effort in the film community to preserve our cinematic heritage.”

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Between 2010 and 2020, medical debt usurped nonmedical debt as the largest source of Americans’ debt in collections, according to a study published in the National Library of Medicine.

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