| National Library of Azerbaijan | |
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| Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası | |
 Library facade | |
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| 40°22′27″N 49°50′45″E / 40.37417°N 49.84583°E | |
| Location | Baku,  Azerbaijan |
| Type | National library |
| Established | 1923 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 4,513,000 items |
| Legal deposit | Yes |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Registration |
| Other information | |
| Employees | more than 300 |
| Website | ANL.az |
The National Library of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası), officially named the Mirza Fatali Akhundov National Library of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Mirzə Fətəli Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası) after Mirza Fatali Akhundov, is the national library of the Republic of Azerbaijan, located in Baku and founded in 1923.[1][2] It is named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov, an Azerbaijani dramatist and philosopher. The library is located on Khagani Street and overlooks Rashid Behbudov Avenue and Nizami Street. Its façades feature the statues of various writers and poets: Nizami Ganjavi, Mahsati, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Shota Rustaveli, Alexander Pushkin and several others.
A vast, eight-stage repository occupies the four floors of the building and is equipped with special elevators, which deliver the books to the outlets. The capacity of the reading rooms is 500 seats. Orders are also accepted by e-mail upon electronic registration.
The library includes 25 sections and 26 sectors. The fund of the library covers approximately 4,513,000 publishing materials.[2]
- ^ Mammadov, E.E. History of books and libraries in Azerbaijan: Teaching aid for universities / Scientific editors: professor J.R.Mehrad, Ph.D. in technology E.Ch.Mammadov; reviewers: docent E.Y.Ahmadov, docent K.I.Aslan, Ph.D. in history A.T.Abdullayeva; Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku State University. - Baku: Adiloglu, 2022. - 174 p. - ISBN 978-9952-37-885-6
- ^ a b Məmmədov E.E. M.F.Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanasının dövri mətbuat fondu: tarixi, müasir vəziyyəti, oxuculara xidmət və inkişaf perspektivləri (1923-2007-ci illər): Monoqrafiya / E.E.Məmmədov; Elmi redaktor: t.ü.e.d., prof. A.A.Xələfov; Azərbaycan Respublikası Təhsil Nazirliyi, ADMİU. Bakı: Mütərcim, 2018, 256 s., ISBN 978-9952-28-402-7