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33 LIBRARIES WERE CLOSED DOWN IN THE PAST 16 YEARS

05:07 pm 24 March, 2006

`Our society yearns to read good books and normal library
conditions. It needs libraries which can satisfy today’s needs. There
is still much to do in the sphere of libraries’, director of the
National Library and head of the Armenian Libraries’ Association David
Sargsyan said during the press conference.

The Association is going to organize a library week in order to invite
the attention of the society to libraries and books. On April 3-10 in
all the regions of Armenia, in Nagorno Karabakh, as well as in the
Armenian libraries of Javakhq, Ispahan and Hamshen events will take
place in the libraries. These events will include book reading,
exhibitions, and competitions of compositions with the themes `My
Library’ and `What is Reading?’

This is the fifth time the Association has ever organized a library
week. According to David Sargsyan, the idea was born during the
discussion of the library associations of USA and South Caucasian
countries.

Head of the library after Avetiq Isahakyan Hasmik Karapetyan states
that the libraries have serious problems. Every year many libraries
are closed, and those which exist are not in good conditions. During
the last 16 years 33 libraries have been closed down in Armenia. At
present, there are about 1000 libraries in the Republic.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress