National Archives & National Libraries - জাতীয় আর্কাইভ ও গ্রন্থাগার

Services of National Library

1. Reader Service
NLB provides reader services. It has three large size airconditioned. reading rooms (one for Bengali Materials, one for English Materials and one for Newspapers).

2. REFERENCE SERVICE:
National Library provides reference services from its multidimensional character of National Collections to researchers, citizens and various reference information needeed to the Institutions.

3. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERVICE
National Library provides Bibliographical services on request to the potential research scholars of various Universities/Institutions or to personal level.

4. PHOTOCOPY SERVICE
Research category members of the National Library can avail photocopy service for research purpose at the rate of Tk.2.00 per impression for books, Tk.3.00 per impression for records/reports and Tk.5.00 per impression for Newspapers (Unbound issues).

5. ONE STOP ISBN SERVICE
To recognize our books nationally and Internationally, ISBN allocation service is provided to the concerned publishers and individual authors from the National Library as per stipulated policies of the ISBN Authority London. Bangladesh is to pay ISBN Subscription to ISBN authority but National Library does not take any fee from the ISBN allotted.

6. FREE INTERNET SEARCHING AND E-MAIL BROWSING SERVICE
NLB provides free internet searching and e-mail browsing services to the researchers and potential users.

7. MICROFILM READING SERVICE
Microfilm reading services are given on some selected subjects areas to the concerned research scholars in the light of the requirement.

8. MAP SERVICE
One of the important services to the users is map reading service. This service is provided only to the research category users.

9. LENDING SERVICE
Generally, there is no lending of book service in NLB. However, government offices, agencies, libraries, institutions as an exception can avail lending facilities for official purpose upon formal letter from the chief of organization to the Director of the Directorate of Archives and Libraries.

10. UTILITY SERVICE:
NLB has an airconditioned auditorium with 300 seated capacity for its own occasional use. However, interested and relevant persons/organizations can use this auditorium on payment basis following some procedures of the Government.