DUSHANBE TO HOST MEETING OF CIS CULTURAL COOPERATION COUNCIL

Baku, 11 August (AzerTAc). The regular meeting of CIS Council for Cultural Cooperation has been held today in Dushanbe. The meeting will mainly focus on “Cupolas of Commonwealth: Libraries” program. The purpose of the programme is to promote the international development of cultures, set up the single information network for science, education and culture. The programme will allow researchers and students to get an access to the electronic libraries of dissertations of CIS countries and the Russian State Library.
Some 11 virtual reference rooms opened in the national libraries of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in 2008. Several new virtual reference rooms are expected to open later this year in the national libraries of Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Furthermore, the Russian Book Centers are set to open in the national libraries of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Moldova.