Editing National Library of Ireland (section)

{{short description|Irish heritage institution and repository}}
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{{Infobox library
| library_name = National Library of Ireland
| logo = National Library of Ireland logo.svg
| image = National Library of Ireland 2011.JPG
| caption = The front façade of the library, 2011
| country = Ireland
| established = {{Start date and age|1877}}
| location = [[Kildare Street]], Dublin
| items_collected = Books, [[Academic journal|journals]], newspapers, magazines, [[manuscript]]s, [[map]]s, [[Printmaking|prints]] and drawings, [[printed music]], photographs, [[ephemera]], and websites and databases
| collection_size = estimated 8 million items
| legal_deposit = Yes, since 1927
| req_to_access = Free. Open to all those who wish to consult the collections for material not otherwise available through the public library service or an academic library.
| director = [[Audrey Whitty]] (February 2023–)<ref name="dir2022"/>
| website = {{URL|https://www.nli.ie/}}
| logo_upright = 0.5
}}
[[File:National Library of Ireland.jpg|thumb|View on [[Kildare Street]] of the NLI]]
The '''National Library of Ireland''' (NLI; {{langx|ga|Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann}}) is [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[national library]] located in [[Dublin]], in a building designed by [[Thomas Newenham Deane]]. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland and to contribute to the provision of access to the larger universe of recorded knowledge."

The library is a [[reference library]] and, as such, does not lend. It has a large quantity of Irish and Irish-related material which can be consulted without charge; this includes books, [[map]]s, [[manuscript]]s, music, newspapers, [[periodical]]s and photographs. Included in its collections are materials issued by private as well as government publishers. Among the library's major holdings are an archive of [[List of Irish newspapers|Irish newspapers]] and collections donated by individual authors or their estates. The library is also the [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] National Centre for Ireland.

The office of the [[Chief Herald of Ireland]], the [[National Photographic Archive]] and the [[Museum of Literature Ireland]] are functions of the library, the latter in partnership with [[University College Dublin]]. The library also holds [[Art exhibition|exhibition]]s, and provides a number of other services including [[genealogy]] research tools and support. The [[Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media]] is the member of the [[Government of Ireland]] responsible for the library.

The main library building is on [[Kildare Street]], adjacent to [[Leinster House]] and the archaeology section of the [[National Museum of Ireland]].