1. For information about the background of the NLI see H Ebrami ‘Iran Libraries’ A Kent et al (eds)Encyclopaedia of Library and Information ScienceNew York Dekker vol 13 pp26–28
2. A brief but telling account of the condition of NLI in those years is available in P Soltani ‘Shekl Giri-yeh Ketabdari-ye Novin dar Iran’ [The Formation of Modem Librarianship in Iran]Moments of ReflectionTehran Iranian Library and Information Science Association (ILISA) 2004 pp376–378
3. Education for librarianship in Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution