| National Library of the Philippines Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas | |
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 Exterior of the NLP building | |
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| 14°34′55.37″N 120°58′51.73″E / 14.5820472°N 120.9810361°E | |
| Location | Rizal Park, Kalaw Avenue, Ermita, Manila, Philippines |
| Type | National library |
| Established | August 12, 1887 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Act No. 96 of the Philippine Commission (passed on March 5, 1901) |
| Branches | N/A |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, databases, maps, atlases, microforms, stamps, prints, drawings, manuscripts |
| Size | 1,678,950 items, including 291,672 volumes, 210,000 books, 880,000 manuscripts, 170,000 newspaper issues, 66,000 theses and dissertations, 104,000 government publications, 53,000 photographs and 3,800 maps (2008) |
| Criteria for collection | Filipino literary and scholarly works (Filipiniana) |
| Legal deposit | Yes, provided in law by:
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| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Reading room services limited to Filipiniana theses and dissertations (while facilities are under renovation as of August 27, 2019) |
| Circulation | Library does not publicly circulate |
| Members | 34,500 (2007) |
| Other information | |
| Budget | ₱199.1 million (2021) |
| Director | Cesar Gilbert Q. Adriano |
| Employees | 172 |
| Website | web |
The National Library of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas or Aklatang Pambansa ng Pilipinas, abbreviated NLP, Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de Filipinas) is the Philippines' official repository of information on cultural heritage and other literary resources. It is located in the district of Ermita in Manila, near historically significant offices and institutions such as the National Museum of Natural History (Manila) and the National Historical Commission. As with these entities, it is under the jurisdiction of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The national library is notable for being the repository of original copies of José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo and Mi último adiós.