YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Enlarged parliamentary hearings of the draft laws on libraries submitted by the RA government and "Orinats Yerkir" faction, were held on February 22 on the initiative of the Standing Committee of Science, Education, Culture and Youth Affairs of the RA National Assembly. The key aim of the two drafs is to regulate the creation and development of the library system, the formation of the collections, that will promote the preservation of the country's book fund. The sphere of the discussed draft laws includes only libraries functioning with state and community financing and is doesn't extend to the private sector. The principles of replenishment of library collections, preservation and accessibility, the rights and the obligations of the libraries and its visitors, the financing of the libraries and the securing of the material and technical basis and etc. are stipulated. According to the draft laws, the Armenian national library system includes national, scientific-technical, professional, central (provincial) libraries as well as libraries of educational institutions and communities. The restriction of the territorial service is liquidated: every one has the right to go to any library he wants. Paid and free of charge library-informational service in the territory of the Republic of Armenia are also set up.

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