National Library of Cameroon
{{Short description|National library of Cameroon}}
{{Missing information|reason=if a Cameroon National Library is actually existing.|date=October 2019}}{{Infobox organization
| name = National Library Cameroon
Bibliothèque nationale du Cameroun
| formation = 1966
| coordinates = {{coord|3.8611940644516403|11.516500695387736}}
| headquarters = Yaounde
}}
The National Library of Cameroon ({{Langx|fr|Bibliothèque nationale du Cameroun}}) is the national library of Cameroon. It was established in 1966 and it is located in Yaoundé.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/cmy001.html#3 |title=Yaoundé, Cameroon |access-date=2012-10-14 |archive-date=2012-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907214521/http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/cmy001.html#3 |url-status=dead }}
According to the United Nations, as of 2010 approximately 71 percent of adult Cameroonians are literate.{{cite web|url= http://data.uis.unesco.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=EDULIT_DS&popupcustomise=true&lang=en# |title= Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years (both sexes, female, male) |publisher= UNESCO Institute for Statistics |location=Montreal |work=UIS.Stat |accessdate=25 August 2017 }}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |editor=Marcel Lajeunesse |title=Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie |publisher=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |url=http://www.banq.qc.ca/documents/a_propos_banq/nos_publications/nos_publications_a_z/Bibliotheques_nationales_Francophonie.pdf |language=fr |oclc=401164333 |edition=3rd |year=2008
|chapter= Cameroun
|page=
}} {{free access}}
- {{cite journal |author=Charles Kamdem Poeghela |title= Où en seront les bibliothèques camerounaises dans dix ans? |journal= Bulletin des bibliothèques de France |year= 2011 |number=6 |url=http://bbf.enssib.fr/consulter/bbf-2011-06-0048-005
}} {{free access}}. (Brief mention of the library in national context)
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Category:Libraries in Cameroon
Category:Libraries established in 1966