Directorate of Archives and Libraries

{{Short description|Government department of Bangladesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

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Department of Archives and Libraries{{cite news|title=Poet Rafiq Azad dies at the age of 74|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/03/12/poet-rafiq-azad-dies-at-the-age-of-74|accessdate=19 December 2017|work=bdnews24.com}} is a government department responsible for the management and operations of the National Library and the National Archives in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{cite news|last1=Munim|first1=Rifat|title=On the Threshold of Learning|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/01/02/cover.htm|accessdate=19 December 2017|work=thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}} It is the International Standard Book Number agency in Bangladesh responsible for providing publishers with ISBNs.{{cite news|title=Use of fictitious ISBN by Bangladeshi publishers|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/letters/use-fictitious-isbn-bangladeshi-publishers-1306279|accessdate=19 December 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=30 October 2016|language=en}}