National Library of Laos

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| native_name = ຫໍສະໝຸດແຫ່ງຊາດ

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| name = National Library of Laos

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| caption = The Library building

| country = Laos

| location = Vientiane, Laos

| type = Public, National library.

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| established = {{Start date and age|1956|paren=yes}}

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The National Library of Laos (Lao language: ຫໍສະໝຸດແຫ່ງຊາດ, romanized hosamud aehngsad) is a library located in Vientiane, Laos. First established on 1 July 1956, it moved to its current location in 1988.{{Cite web |title=National Library of Laos |url=http://www.nationallibraryoflaos.org/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=www.nationallibraryoflaos.org}} The National Library plays an important role in preserving materials about Laos.{{Cite web |title=National Library of Laos |url=https://culture360.asef.org/resources/national-library-laos/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=ASEF culture360 |language=en}}

Since 1989, it has operated the Lao Ancient Manuscript Preservation Project which documents ancient text written in Lao and Sanskrit. Starting in October 2007, the library has collaborated with the University of Passau and the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz) to create the Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts (ໂຄງການຫໍສະໝຸດດິຈິຕອລໜັງສືໃບລານລາວ). The government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic has granted permission for the manuscript collection to be made accessible via the Internet.{{cite web

|url = http://laomanuscripts.net/en/about/project

|title = About DLLM: Project

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|date = 12 Sep 2013

|website = East Asia Department

|publisher = Berlin State Library

|accessdate = 2013-09-12

|quote = The database is maintained via Internet by the National Library of Laos. Master copies of digital data are stored at the National Library of Laos and at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund (GBV) in Germany.

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A new national library was completed in 2017. {{cite web | title=New National Library of Laos Construction Complete | website=Laotian Times | date=2017-01-04 | url=https://laotiantimes.com/2017/01/04/new-national-library-laos/ | access-date=2024-02-04}}