Established in 1933, the Republican Scientific Agricultural Library of the State Agrarian University of Moldova (RSAL SAUM) was the first university library in the Republic of Moldova. With a dual role in the national system of libraries, both as a university library and as a national information centre in the field of agricultural sciences, the library is also the methodological centre for the libraries of research institutions and agricultural colleges in the country.

The library's partnership with FAO has expanded the its areas of work, with new international responsibilities being assigned to the library. It became the FAO Information and Documentation Centre in the Republic of Moldova, the AGRIS Hub in the Republic of Moldova within the AGRIS network, a member of the International Network of Agricultural Libraries (AGLINET) and official editor of the AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus’ translation into Romanian (FAOd, 2021). Since 2000, due to its status as an FAO Depository Library in the Republic of Moldova and AGRIS Hub, the library has promoted FAO information resources in the country.

Find out about the work of the library and the role of AGRIS in the Republic of Moldova in this interesting document HERE.