YEREVAN AMERICAN CORNER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. EMBASSY LAUNCHES WEBSITE

ARMENPRESS
Apr 19 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS: On April 19, the Yerevan American
Corner, in partnership with the U.S.

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 U.S. 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, U.S. 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 U.S.

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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress