Cumhurbaşkanlığı Millet Kütüphanesi

We built the end-to-end cataloguing, digitisation and RFID infrastructure for one of Turkey’s largest library projects.

Construction of the National Library began in 2016; Arşivist & Dizayn started work on the project in 2018 at the Ankara Music and Fine Arts University library building. We carried out cataloguing of books and periodicals to RDA standards with LC and Dewey classification codes, along with digitisation, rebinding and RFID tagging. Alongside special collections such as those of Kamil Dürüst, Muhsin Mete, Ahmet Burak Erdoğan, Hüseyin Öztürk, Mustafa Sabah and Mahmut Esad Coşan, we digitised the collections of Cemil Meriç, Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Şefik Can, rare works and Enderun books.

Our scanning and cataloguing software support has continued without interruption from 2021 to 2024.

• 1,320,000 books catalogued to RDA/LC/Dewey standards
• 7,000,000 images digitised
• 50,000 books in Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu and other languages catalogued
• 50,000 books rebound
• Staffed with 100–350 people throughout the project
• Yordam Library Automation System integration completed