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National Week of Libraries to be held on April 11-18
By Armine Ghazarian
Yerkir/arm
18 March 05
Association of Armenian Libraries NGO is organizing a national week
of libraries in April. This is the fourth annual week of libraries
organized by the NGO. More than 100 school, children's, regional and
city libraries will be participating in this large scale event.
Within the framework of the national week of libraries various
exhibitions, meetings, roundtables, presentations, seminars and other
events will be organized aiming at emphasizing the role of books and
reading among the population.
This year the library week will be held on April 11-18. It will be
devoted to children and will be titled "Our Future Is with Children
who Read Books". The opening ceremony will be held at the National
Library. On the same day two exhibitions devoted to the 1600th
anniversary of the creation of the Armenian alphabet and the 60th
anniversary of General-Mayor Samvel Safarian will be held in the
small and large exhibition halls of the library.
The participants will also have a chance to see the exhibition of
children's literature. In the Vernatun exhibition hall an exhibition
titled Armenian Composers for the Children will be held where the
70th anniversary of composer Areg Lusinian will be celebrated.
Two interesting events will be held on April 12 in Lori and Armavir
regional libraries. Hrant Matevossian's 70th anniversary and Avetik
Isahakian's 130th anniversary will be celebrated there.
A meeting with writers Zori Balayan, Arevshat Avagian, Razmik Davoyan
and others will be organized at the Central Library after Isahakian
in Yerevan. A debate titled "What Do Books Mean to Me?" will be held
in Syunik regional library.
The presentation of Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik
Hoveyan's collection of poems will be held in Gegharkunik regional
library. A seminar on e-books will be organized at Khnko Aper
Children's Library in Yerevan. The Republican Medical Library will
organize a discussion on medical and psychological aspects of reading
for children.
On April 15 a animation theater performance will be organized for
Huys orphanage children in Gyumri. The regional library in Armavir
will organize an exhibition of child artists devoted to the 125th
anniversary of Martiros Sarian. Gegharkunik regional library will
organize a commemoration event devoted to the Armenian Genocide. The
regional library of Armavir will host an exhibition devoted to the
60th anniversary of the victory in the World War II.
The closing ceremony of the National Week of Libraries will be held
on April 18 in Khnko Aper Children's library in Yerevan.
By Armine Ghazarian
Yerkir/arm
18 March 05
Association of Armenian Libraries NGO is organizing a national week
of libraries in April. This is the fourth annual week of libraries
organized by the NGO. More than 100 school, children's, regional and
city libraries will be participating in this large scale event.
Within the framework of the national week of libraries various
exhibitions, meetings, roundtables, presentations, seminars and other
events will be organized aiming at emphasizing the role of books and
reading among the population.
This year the library week will be held on April 11-18. It will be
devoted to children and will be titled "Our Future Is with Children
who Read Books". The opening ceremony will be held at the National
Library. On the same day two exhibitions devoted to the 1600th
anniversary of the creation of the Armenian alphabet and the 60th
anniversary of General-Mayor Samvel Safarian will be held in the
small and large exhibition halls of the library.
The participants will also have a chance to see the exhibition of
children's literature. In the Vernatun exhibition hall an exhibition
titled Armenian Composers for the Children will be held where the
70th anniversary of composer Areg Lusinian will be celebrated.
Two interesting events will be held on April 12 in Lori and Armavir
regional libraries. Hrant Matevossian's 70th anniversary and Avetik
Isahakian's 130th anniversary will be celebrated there.
A meeting with writers Zori Balayan, Arevshat Avagian, Razmik Davoyan
and others will be organized at the Central Library after Isahakian
in Yerevan. A debate titled "What Do Books Mean to Me?" will be held
in Syunik regional library.
The presentation of Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik
Hoveyan's collection of poems will be held in Gegharkunik regional
library. A seminar on e-books will be organized at Khnko Aper
Children's Library in Yerevan. The Republican Medical Library will
organize a discussion on medical and psychological aspects of reading
for children.
On April 15 a animation theater performance will be organized for
Huys orphanage children in Gyumri. The regional library in Armavir
will organize an exhibition of child artists devoted to the 125th
anniversary of Martiros Sarian. Gegharkunik regional library will
organize a commemoration event devoted to the Armenian Genocide. The
regional library of Armavir will host an exhibition devoted to the
60th anniversary of the victory in the World War II.
The closing ceremony of the National Week of Libraries will be held
on April 18 in Khnko Aper Children's library in Yerevan.