| Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського | |
 Main building since 1989 | |
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| 50°24′14″N 30°31′07″E / 50.40389°N 30.51861°E | |
| Location | Holosiivskyi prospekt, 3, Kyiv (Ukraine), Ukraine |
| Established | August 2, 1918 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 16,000,000 total Items[1] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Lyubov Dubrovina |
| Employees | 900 [1] |
| Website | www.nbuv.gov.ua |
The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, VNLU (Ukrainian: Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) is the main academic library and main scientific information centre in Ukraine, one of the world's largest national libraries. Its main building is located in the capital of the country—Kyiv, in the Demiivka neighborhood.
The library contains about 15 million items. The library has the most complete collection of Slavic writing, archives of outstanding world and Ukrainian scientists and cultural persons. The holdings include the collection of the presidents of Ukraine, archive copies of Ukrainian printed documents from 1917, and the archives of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
- ^ a b "The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2010-01-03.