STOCK OF NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ARMENIA REPLENISHED WITH MORE THAN 52 THOUSAND ITEMS OF LITERATURE IN 2007
Noyan Tapan
Feb 12, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2007, the stock of the National
Library of Armenia (NLA) was replenished with more than 52 thousand
items of literature, including 31,119 books, as well as magazines
and other periodicals.
NT correspondent was informed by the director of the NLA Davit
Sargsian that the library stock is mainly replenished with books
sent by publishing houses, other books are purchased, exchanged,
donated. The NLA also receives books from abroad: their number made
20,900 last year, including 3 thousand books in Armenian. D. Sargsian
said that in 2007 the NLA published various books, inluding a brief
history of the National Library of Armenia and a bibliography of the
NLA publications.
In his words, the NLA should have all books, periodicals and the
press published in the Diaspora, as well as foreign literature on
Armenia published abroad. However, according to him, this problem is
a difficult one, and the library tries to solve it in cooperation with
Diasporan partners and diplomatic corps. The NLA currently cooperates
with about 100 libraries from 40 countries, centers of Armenology.
One of the most important problems of the library is to replenish
the stock of unique books. Although this section of the NLA has
received 60 items of antiquated books, today the library does not
have a complete collection of such books.
32 thousand visitors made use of 6.6 million items of literature from
the library stock in 2007.