Human Rights Library in Sevan Town

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| 14:15:21 | 13-04-2005 | Social |

HUMAN RIGHTS LIBRARY IN SEVAN TOWN

>From now on in the Sevan town the protection of Human Rights is paid serious
attention. Today the opening ceremony of the Human Rights Library was held
in the Cultural Palace of Sevan town. Representatives of state governing and
local self-governing bodies, as well as international, local organizations
and the mass media were invited to the event.

Sevan Human Rights Library is the sixth one among the libraries of the ACRPC
Human Rights Library Network. The other libraries are located in Vanadzor,
Dilijan, Hrazdan, Artashat and Gavar towns of Armenia.

There is a reading-room in the newly founded library; it is saturated with
modern computer techniques and stationary.

The book fund is accounted through the software program WINISIS, which also
gives the opportunity of a fast search of needed publications.

The readers make use also of the Legal Informative System IrTek, which
represents the e-versions of the full set of legislative enactments, laws
and legal acts adopted by state bodies of the republic.

At present the Network possesses about 15000 pieces of literature of 3600
titles. The libraries receive the periodical republican and foreign press.