AMERICAN LIBRARY OPENS AT NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND

August 22, 2007 

The American Library at the new embassy compound in Maharajgunj, will re-open on Thursday, August 23. Library hours will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Library patrons will need to bring photo identification for admission to the library.  At this time, parking facilities are not available at the U.S. Embassy. 

The American Library opened in Kathmandu in May 1952 with the goal of increasing mutual understanding between Nepal and the United States.  The American Library’s collection contains more than 6,000 books, 600 videotapes, 75 periodicals, 700 CD-ROMs and five on-line databases. The on-line databases include Lexis-Nexis, Proquest, Ebsco-Host, First Search and Literary Reference Center.