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Nairobi, KENYA
Library of Congress Overseas Offices

Exchange Program

The Nairobi Office acquires publications for the Library of Congress through exchange agreements with the thirty African countries covered by the office.

The Library of Congress is interested in receiving publications in all subject areas except clinical medicine and technical agriculture which are collected by the National Library of Medicine and the National Agricultural Library, respectively. In addition to books, pamphlets, newspapers, and periodicals in nearly all languages, the Library collects maps, microfilm, prints, photographs, sheet music, recordings, digital and electronic resources.

Publishers located in the region covered by the Nairobi Office may wish to exchange their publications with publications offered by the Nairobi Office. These materials are typically those that are in excess of its needs (duplicates or out of scope for the Library). The office occasionally receives surplus books from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., however we cannot honor requests for specific titles.

If your institution has a publishing program, is located in the countries covered by the office, and is interested in exchanging publications with the Library of Congress, please contact the Nairobi Office.

Last Updated: March 17, 2025

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