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| Country | Spain |
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| Established | 1712(313 years ago) (1712) |
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| Reference to legal mandate | Royal Decree 1581/1991 on October 31st. |
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| Location | Madrid |
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| Collection |
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| Items collected | books,journals,newspapers,magazines,sound and music recordings,patents,databases,maps,stamps,prints,drawings andmanuscripts |
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| Size | 26,000,000 items, including 15,000,000 books and other printed materials, 30,000 manuscripts, 143,000 newspapers and serials, 4,500,000 graphic materials, 510,000 music scores, etc. |
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| Legal deposit | Yes, by Decree on December 23rd 1957 |
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| Access and use |
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| Access requirements | Access to reproductions and post-1958 materials is open to Biblioteca Nacional library card holders. Access to pre-1958 materials is only allowed with a researcher card.[1] Materials in exceptional circumstances are subject to special restrictions.[2] |
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| Members | 115,707 readers in 2007. The web users in the same year were 1,800,935. |
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| Other information |
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| Budget | €47,380,860 |
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| Director | Ana Santos Aramburo (since 2013) |
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| Staff | 1025 (including external employees) |
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| Website | http://www.bne.es/ |
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