MORE THAN 653 MLN DRAMS ALLOCATED BY 2007 STATE BUDGET TO 13 LIBRARIES WITHIN JURISDICTION OF CULTURE MINISTRY
Noyan Tapan
Feb 14 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. 653 mln 25.1 thousand drams was
allocated by 2007 state budget to 13 libraries within the jurisdiction
of RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs – National Library, Khnko
Aper Children’s Library, Musicological and 10 regional libraries. These
funds will be spent on measures of ensuring their stable activities. As
Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed from the Press Service of
Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs, allocations envisaged from
state budget for libraries’ activities in 2006 – 510 mln 30.5 thousand
drams, were spent on libraries’ replenishment with new books and
modern equipment. More than 6 mln drams was allocated to creation of
Automatized Network of Armenian Libraries. Currently 1 mln 700 books
have been logged in the automatization network base. Collections
of 13 libraries were replenished with more than 9231 new books in
2006. Bibliobus, Library on Wheels program has started.