{"id":36,"date":"2026-08-26T06:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/index.php\/national-library\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T06:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:03:56","slug":"national-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/national-library\/","title":{"rendered":"National Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main id=\"main-content\">\n<section class=\"page-hero\">\n<div class=\"container page-hero__inner\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"kicker\">Our Services<\/p>\n<h1>National Library<\/h1>\n<p>National Library Division services, legal deposit repository, reference services and preservation of national imprint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a>\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span>\n<a href=\"\/services\/\">Our Services<\/a>\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span>\n<span>National Library<\/span>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section national-library-overview\">\n<div class=\"container two-column\">\n<article class=\"content-panel reveal\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">National Library Division<\/p>\n<h2>Preserving and sharing Kenya&#8217;s published output<\/h2>\n<p>The National Library Division provides functions that distinguish KNLS from public library services. It acts as a repository for legal deposits and supports preservation, acquisition and dissemination of local content.<\/p>\n<p>National library services are delivered through Maktaba Kuu, Buruburu and Nakuru facilities.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<aside class=\"side-panel reveal\">\n<h3>Key functions<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"check-list\">\n<li>Preservation of national imprint<\/li>\n<li>Kenya National Bibliography and periodicals directory<\/li>\n<li>National ISBN agency<\/li>\n<li>Reference and referral services<\/li>\n<li>Specialised collections and e-resources<\/li>\n<li>International inter-library lending support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section section--cream national-subservices\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"section-title section-title--center reveal\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">National Library sub-services<\/p>\n<h2>Author, publisher and heritage services<\/h2>\n<p>Access the three core National Library service pages below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-grid\">\n<article class=\"link-card reveal\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"link-card__icon\">\ud83d\udd22<\/div>\n<h3>Issuance of ISBN<\/h3>\n<p>Apply for ISBN, view ISBN guidance and download ISMN forms for music publications.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/isbn\/\">Open page <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"link-card reveal\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"link-card__icon\">\ud83d\uddc2\ufe0f<\/div>\n<h3>Kenya National Bibliography<\/h3>\n<p>Explore Kenya National Bibliography resources and annual bibliographic records.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/kenya-national-bibliography\/\">Open page <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"link-card reveal\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"link-card__icon\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/div>\n<h3>Legal Deposit<\/h3>\n<p>Learn how publishers submit legal deposit copies to preserve Kenya&#8217;s documentary heritage.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/legal-deposit\/\">Open page <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Services National Library National Library Division services, legal deposit repository, reference services and preservation of national imprint. Home \/ Our Services \/ National Library National Library Division Preserving and sharing Kenya&#8217;s published output The National Library Division provides functions that distinguish KNLS from public library services. It acts as a repository for legal deposits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knls.ac.ke\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}