NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK TO BE HELD FOR 5TH TIME ON APRIL 3-10

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The National Library Week will be held
in libraries of Armenia on April 3-10. The Week held already for the
5th year on the initiative of the Armenian Library Association will be
titled “Library: Crossroad of Civilizations” this time. As David
Sargsian, the Director of the National Library of Armenia informed at
the March 24 press-conference, the goal of the Week is to draw the
society’s opinion towards book, to present importance of the role of
libraries, as the most important source of information on the spheres
of education, culture, etc. The Director of the National Library of
Armenia informed that a number of libraries of NKR, Javakhk as well as
Diaspora joined the National Library Week. Discussions of books,
exhibitions, events dedicated to the native language will be organized
within the framework of the Week. By the decision of the Yerevan
Mayor’s Office, a competition of compositions on the themes “My
Library,” “My Favorite Book” and “What is Reading” will be announced
in all schools of the capital. Results of the competition will be
summed up during one month, and the best works will be given monetary
awards. Meetings with famous representatives of science, culture as
well as NA deputies and state officials are also envisaged.