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    Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
    June 22 2006

    Learn about NAASR library at open house
    Thursday, June 22, 2006

    The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research will hold
    an open house tonight (Thursday) beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the NAASR
    Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont.

    As part of the open house, the NAASR Bookstore will also be open
    and all titles will be 20 percent off, with larger discounts on
    selected titles.

    The event will showcase NAASR's Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian
    Reference and Research Library. Through the years, numerous important
    and valuable collections have been donated or willed to NAASR and form
    the heart of the Armenian language collection, and NAASR continues
    to accept donations. The library also contains several important
    collections of personal papers, including those of the late Avedis
    Derounian (a.k.a. John Roy Carlson), which represent a substantial
    source of information for future researchers.

    Highlights of the library include a large number of histories of
    now-destroyed Armenian villages and towns, Armenian dictionaries
    of many different types, a rich collection of scholarly works on the
    Armenian Genocide, a copy of virtually every title published in English
    over the past half-century, and an enormous trove of newspapers and
    periodicals, including scholarly journals.

    Over the past two years the Mardigian Reference and Research
    Library has undergone a dramatic transformation. That process has
    consisted of cataloguing the library's large holdings of books,
    pamphlets, periodicals and other items including personal papers and
    manuscripts. The computer cataloguing of the NAASR Library (begun in
    2005) has resulted in a far more accessible resource for researchers
    and other interested individuals. As the major cataloguing phase draws
    to a close, NAASR is inviting members and friends to hear about the
    progress and visit the library.

    For more information about the open house or NAASR and its programs
    for the furtherance of Armenian studies, research and publication,
    call 617-489-1610, e-mail [email protected], or write to NAASR, 395 Concord
    Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
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