ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS BILL ON LIBRARIES
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
April 11 2006
Yerevan, April 11. /ARKA/. The RA Parliament intends to consider a bill
“On libraries”, Deputy Director of the RA National Library, Secretary
of the Armenian Library Association Rafik Ghazaryan told reporters,
summing up the results of the national library week.
According to him, the adoption of this law will facilitate legal
protection of libraries and librarians.
“Mechanisms of applying the law for consolidating the public’s
relations with libraries need to be elaborated as well,” he said.
According to Ghazaryan, over 1,000 libraries operating in Armenia now
are unable to properly perform their functions because of the lack
of new acquisitions, poor material and technical base, and lack of
professional personnel.
Ghazaryan pointed out that over 200 events were organized throughout
Armenia as part of the library week both for librarians and for
large sections of the population. “Arrangements like this arouse more
interest in libraries,” he said.
In this context, Director of the RA National Library, Chairman of
the Armenian Library Association David Sargsyan stressed that the
role of public libraries is ensuring appropriate development of the
young generation and maintaining a high cultural and scientific level
of society.
He pointed out the assistance rendered by the RA Foreign Office, local
government bodies, “Antares Holding” Ltd and “Second-hand Bookseller”
Ltd and the Armenian Fund of Culture.
The National Library Week was held in Armenia on April 3-10, 2006.
This is the 5th library week organized on the initiative of the
Armenian Library Association.