National Library of Greece

National Library of Greece
Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, headquarters of the organization since 2017
37°56′23″N 23°41′30″E / 37.93972°N 23.69167°E / 37.93972; 23.69167
Location	Athens
Established	1832 (192 years ago) (1832)
Branches	2 (Agia Paraskeví and Nea Chalkidona)
Collection
Items collected	Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, multimedia and manuscripts
Criteria for collection	Material that is produced in Greece as well as Material that is produced abroad, but is connected with Greece in any language and form.
Other information
Director	Fillipos Tsimpoglou (general director)[1]
Website	www.nlg.gr

The National Library of Greece (Greek: Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος, romanized: Ethnikí Vivliothíki tis Elládos) is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well as important representative evidence of human intellectual production. The NLG ensures equal non-access to these items based on the freedom of knowledge, information, and research.^[2] There is one general manager who serves a four-year term. A board of trustees has seven members with a three or four-year term.^[3]