Status of the Library

The National Library of Georgia is the main scientific library of Georgia, preserving printed  editions published in Georgia and important scientific and universal publications and other documents of foreign countries, as well as the cultural and methodological centre of national bibliography, information, scientific research and the coordinator of librarianship in the country together with the Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection of Georgia. 

Full Name:

LEPL Ilia Chavchavadze National Library of Georgia
Address:
5/7, Gudiashvili Street, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia, Caucasus
Tel.: +(995 32) 297 16 61 
Fax: +(995 32) 297 16 15
Web page: http://www.nplg.gov.ge
Head of the Library
General director Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
Date of Foundation
1846
Location
The National Library comprises six buildings. The buildings I, II, III, IV are located in the center of Tbilisi at Lado Gudiashvili and Anton Purtseladze streets; Building V is at Nikea Street in Kutaisi; Building VI is at S. Tsintsadze Street in Tbilisi; Avlabari Illegal Printing House Museum situated at Kaspi Street in Tbilisi is also a part of the National Library.
Number of readers: 
Every yar over 4 000 new users apply for access to the National Library. 

Library Collections according to 2025 figures:

The number of books is 3.909.724, of with 99 are in foreign languages. The largest collection of rare Georgian books in Georgia.