The National Library of the Republic of Maldives was founded in 1945 as the “State Library” of the Maldives by Ameer Mohamed Amin Didi, then the head of the Department of Education. The Library was renamed “Majeedi Library” in 1948 after one of the most popular statesmen of the Maldives, Ameer Abdul Majeed Didi.
In the climate of development and modernization that has prevailed since 1978 the library was named “The National Library” by His Excellency President Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on 1st June 1982. As of 2nd April 1990 the National Library functioned under the President’s Office. On the 11th of November 1993 it was taken under the care of the then Ministry of Information and Culture. Several name changes took place for the Ministry. The Ministry was later renamed as the Ministry of Information and Arts and then Ministry of Legal Reform, Information and Arts. The National Library now functions under the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture and is headed by a Director General. This change was brought about on the 13th of November 2008 with the appointing of our new President His Excellency President Mr. Mohamed Nasheed.
The library provides Public Library Service cum National Library Service. Public Library service aims to provide information, recreation and support research as well as equal opportunity for education and books for all. National Library services aims to acquire and preserve publications concerning the country and maintain national literature
