YEREVAN AMERICAN CORNER, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US EMBASSY, LAUNCHES WEBSITE

ArmRadio.am
19.04.2007 13:13

On April 19, the Yerevan American Corner, in partnership
with the US Embassy in Armenia, launched its website:
yerevan.americancorners.am. The bilingual English-Armenian webpage
provides information about the American Corner’s mission, services,
and upcoming events. It also includes an electronic database of the
resources available at the American Corners in Armenia, allowing
patrons to search for materials on the web.

American Corners are small American-style libraries located throughout
the world that help increase mutual understanding between the
United States and the host country. A network of about 400 American
Corners is operating globally through partnerships between the US
Department of State and local host organizations. American Corners
provide information about America in a variety of formats, including
reference books, works of fiction, journals, and videos.

These resources focus on such topics as studying in the United States,
American society, US history, conducting business in the United States,
and English as a Second Language. The Corners also provide computers
with Internet access, and offer a variety of public programs including
speakers and workshops.

The American Corners are open to the general public and access is
free of charge.

There are currently two American Corners in Armenia-one in the Yerevan
City Central Library and the other in the Gyumri Branch of the Armenian
Center for Scientific and Technological Information. The US Embassy
hopes to open additional Corners in Armenia in the future. American
Corner Yerevan officially opened on April 20, 2005. This Corner
currently houses four computers with Internet access and over 800
books. Over 20,000 patrons visited the American Corner in Yerevan
within the last two years. The Corner also holds a variety of public
events, including movie showings, presentations by Armenians who
have lived or studied in the United States as part of the "Armenian
at the American Corner" series, and lectures by an American every
third Saturday of the month as part of the "American at the American
Corner" series.