The idea of establishing the Azerbaijan State Book Chamber emerged in 1924. In that year, the issues related to the creation of book chambers, the acquisition and distribution of mandatory copies, the publication of yearbooks, and the matters concerning a unified format for book statistics in the union republics were discussed at the meeting where the representatives of the Azerbaijan People's Education Commissariat (M. I. Salimov) participated alongside with the book chambers of the RSFSR, Ukraine, and Belarus. This significantly accelerated the establishment of the Book Chamber in Azerbaijan. In the September 1924 meeting of the Collegium of the Azerbaijan People's Education Commissariat, the issue of creating the Republic State Book Chamber was discussed based on the proposal of the People's Education Commissar Mustafa Guliyev. The necessity of such an institution for the republic was emphasized during the deliberations. The Higher Political Education Department was instructed to prepare a draft decree and submit it to the Council of People's Commissars of the Republic of Azerbaijan for approval. The draft was prepared and submitted to the Government of Azerbaijan in January 1925. The Council of People's Commissars made several amendments to the draft, and on February 5, 1925, the decision titled "On the establishment of the State Book Chamber under the Azerbaijan SSR People's Education Commissariat and the presentation of copies of printed works" with the signature of G. Musabeyov, was adopted. 

In October 1925, the Azerbaijan State Book Chamber signed an agreement with the RSFSR Central State Book Chamber and on November 23, with All-Union Society of Cultural Relations laying the groundwork for the possibility of conducting book exchanges with foreign countries. To expand its activities, the Book Chamber maintained connections with international institutions such as the International Bibliography Institute in Brussels, the New York Public Library, the Beijing Library, the Tokyo Imperial Library, the Paris Museum of Asian Arts, and other foreign organizations. 
  
The activities of the Chamber in the field of state bibliography mainly served a dual function. The first function was the registration of printed works, while the second was to provide bibliographic information.

In 1929, the Chamber was transferred from the jurisdiction of the Higher Political Education Institute of the People's Education Commissariat to the Directorate of Higher Scientific Institutions (Glavnauki), leading to its formalization as a bibliographic scientific center. On April 28, 1939, a new charter was adopted for the Book Chamber. The charter outlined the general functions of the Chamber as follows: 1. Bibliographic registration of all printed works published in the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2. To provide extensive bibliographic information about printed works published in Azerbaijan; for this purpose, to publish "Book chronicle" "Newspaper articles chronicle" "Journal articles chronicle" and annotated book cards. 3. To implement centralized cataloging work. 4. To facilitate the training of bibliographic personnel. 5. To work on methodological issues of bibliography. 6. To promote the knowledge of bibliography and library science. 7. To provide bibliographic services to governmental authorities, institutions, and organizations. 

World War II (1941-45) had a negative impact on the activities of the Azerbaijan State Book Chamber like in all fields. In 1945, the Chamber began to operate under the Cultural and Education Institutions Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR Council of People's Commissars. In 1953, it was placed under the authority of the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan Republic, based on order No. 616 of the ministry. This allowed for some expansion of the area where the Chamber was located.

Among the printed products of the chamber, the printed cards issued about the books published in the republic differed according to their effectiveness. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Chamber printed around 630 book cards per year. After the book cards were printed twice a month (on the 4th and 19th of each month), they were sent to 237 addresses, including Baku city, district libraries, book chambers of former union republics, state libraries, as well as the former USSR State Library and the State Public Library named after Saltykov-Shchedrin in Leningrad. The reference-bibliography service was carried out based on 32 types of catalog and card file systems.  

The Book Chamber operating as the specialized center for the general bibliography, had two departments (State Bibliography and Information Bibliography), three branches (press statistics, scientific-technical information, and control branches), and one section (Book chronicle section). 

The Azerbaijan State Book Chamber continued its activities during the years of independence as well, and since 2002, its functions have been transferred to the Azerbaijan National Library.

Recommended literature:

1. Xələfov, Abuzər Alı oğlu. Kitabxana və cəmiyyət : monoqrafiya / A. A. Xələfov ; elmi red. L. A. Məmmədova ; red. K. İ. Aslan. - Bakı : Azərnəşr, 2011. - 309 s.
2. Əliyev, Zöhrab Hüseyn oğlu. Azərbaycan biblioqrafiyasının tarixi : dərs vəsaiti / Z. H. Əliyev ; red. N. İ. İsmayılov. - Bakı : Bakı Universiteti Nəşriyyatı, 2007. - 190 s.
3. Azərbaycan kitabxana ensiklopediyası / Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət və Turizm Nazirliyi, Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası ; red. heyəti: X. İ. İsmayılov [et al.] ; layihənin rəh. Ə. M. Qarayev ; baş red. K. M. Tahirov ; elmi red. A. A. Xələfov. - Bakı : M.F. Axundov adına Milli Kitabxana, 2015. - 630 s.
4. Azərbaycan kitabxanaları: bu gün və sabah / tərt. Y. Kuzmin. - Bakı : M.F. Axundov adına Milli Kitabxana, 2007. - 58 s.