Half of public libraries in Romania closed between 1990-2022
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- 08 Feb 2023
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Romania had 16,665 public libraries in 1990, but roughly half of them, or 8,207, are now closed, while the number of registered readers dropped from 6 million to 2 million.
Romania had 16,665 public libraries in 1990, but roughly half of them, or 8,207, are now closed, while the number of registered readers dropped from 6 million to 2 million.
Hundreds of libraries closed every year between 1990 and 2022, with the exception of 1995 and 1996, when 277 new libraries were established. There are now 8,458 such institutions left in the country, be they national, public, specialized, or even private, according to Digi24. Read More…
