DUSHANBE, February 3, 2009, Asia-Plus — A consignment of books gathered during the traditional charity action carried out by the CIS Interstate Humanitarian Cooperation Fund will arrive in Dushanbe for Tajik National University’s library in the near future.
According to Alexander Kalugin, a spokesman for the CIS Interstate Humanitarian Cooperation Fund, the books were gathered last December during the charity action that was conducted in the Pashkov House in Moscow. More than 20 publishing houses including, Exmo, Khudozhestvennaya Literatura, Druzhba Narodov, Belarus, Moldova’s Book, university publishing houses (the Lomonosov University of Moscow, the Bauman University, the Moscow State Linguistic University), participated in the action.
The book cargo recipients also include the Belarusian National Library, the Research Library of the Branch of the Lomonosov University in Baku, the Armenian National Library, the Research Library of the Abai National Pedagogical University of Kazakhstan, the Research Library of the Karasaev Humanitarian University of Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), the Research Library of the Kahul University of Moldova, the Research Library of the Tver State University (Russian Federation), the Research Library of the Tajik State National University, the National Library of the Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Cultural Center (Turkmenistan), the Alisher Navoi National Library of Uzbekistan, the spokesman said.
Besides, the educational project-tour for librarians of the CIS member states will be launched on February 26. Within ten days, librarians from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will visit leading libraries of Bishkek, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk and Kiev.
