The Library is a
specialised section of the Academy whose role is to obtain, process and hold
library materials and to facilitate the promotion of scientific, scholarly and
artistic activities undertaken by the Academy. It also runs an exchange of the
Academy's publications with the publications of other Academies and scientific
institutions in Macedonia and abroad. It gathers bibliographic information and
collects and catalogues materials relevant to the scholarly, scientific and
artistic work of the members of the Academy.
The
Library is managed by the Library Committee consisting of members of the
Academy, who outline general direction and set a policy on acquisition.
The
Library exchanges materials with more than 450 Macedonian and foreign
institutions. It obtains more than two thirds of its annual acquisition through
this kind of exchange.
Its policy is primarily to collect scientific and scholarly publications (encyclopaedias, lexicons, dictionaries, etc.); major works of science and art worldwide; materials from scientific and scholarly conferences and symposia held in Macedonia and abroad, and Macedonian and foreign monographs, magazines and journals.