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Digital Library Initiatives in Belarus: Enriching Cultural Access

Explore the extensive library network of Belarus, including the National Library, projects, and partnerships. Belarus boasts a diverse collection of 250 million documents across various libraries, serving 6 million readers annually and offering 180 million documents. Learn about the technological advancements, projects like the Digital Library of Manuscripts and Belarusian heraldry, and collaborative efforts such as the VirLib Project. Dive into the rich history and resources of Belarusian libraries, fostering a culture of knowledge and connectivity. Explore the dynamic landscape of digital libraries in Belarus and discover a world of information at your fingertips.

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Digital Library Initiatives in Belarus: Enriching Cultural Access

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  1. Digital Libraries Initiativesin Belarus Liudmila Kiriukhina, Deputy Director of the National Library of Belarus; email: kiryukhina@nacbibl.org.by Piotr Lapo, Director of the Belarusian State University Library, President of the Belarusian Library Association email: lapo@bsu.by

  2. Territory207,000 km2 Population9,990,400 70% of population are urban Belarus is divided into six regions Belarusian and Russian are official state languages Minsk - the capital of Belarus The distance from Minsk to Warsaw is 500 km, to Moscow - 700 km, to Berlin - 1060 km, to Vienna - 1300 km. Republic of Belarus

  3. Belarusian Libraries • The National Library of Belarus • 7 Republican research libraries • 6 Oblast (regional) libraries • 4,725 Public libraries • 4,362 Academic libraries • 450 Special libraries of industrial enterprises • 170 Medical libraries • 100 Agricultural libraries • 26 Libraries of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus • 12 Sport libraries

  4. Belarusian Libraries • 11,5 thousand libraries • 250 mln. documents • 6 mln. readers • 180 mln. documents provided for readers annually

  5. The National Library of Belarus • Founded in 1922 • About 8,000,000 items of keeping in 50 languages • 3,000,000 documents provided for readers annually • 500,000 national documents and Belarusica • 90,000 rare and manuscripts • 400,000 items of special collections (notes, audiomaterials, maps, images) • Staff – 560 people • 180 personal computers united by LAN • above 1,000,000 records in OPAC

  6. NLB New Building • Stocks for 14,000,000 items • 2,000 readers’ places • Conference-hall (500 places) • Staff – 1,000 people

  7. NLB DL Projects • International Projects • Under the aegis of UNESCO • DL of manuscripts (200 documents) • DL of the Belarusian heraldry (1,000 images) • DL “Radzivilliana” (Memory of Belarus) • Thanks to support of the USA Embassy in Belarus • DL “Music heritage of Belarus” (10,000 gramophone records and tapes)

  8. Other DL Projects • International • VirLib • Open Archives Initiative • Local • Portal of the Republican Scientific Medical Library (http://www.med.by/) • DL of the Belarusian State Medical University Library

  9. Virlib Project • Participants: • The Higher Technical School in Osnabruck (Germany) • The Belarusian State University • The Belarusian State Economic University • The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics

  10. Electronic Belarus(2003-2005) • Has Status of a National State Program • Goals: • Development of the republican telecommunications network • Creation of the National Center of Digitalization (special collections, rare books, national prints, etc.) • Development of the National corporate system of electronic documents delivery

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