On October 7, Librarian’s Day, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia, the Armenian Library Association held the award ceremony of the “Best Library” competition at Khnko Aper National Children’s Library.
The event was attended by the president of the Armenian Library Association, director of Khnko Aper National Children’s Library Ruzan Tonoyan, honoured Cultural Worker of the RA, chairman of the evaluation committee of the competition Fatma Khachatryan, scientific head of the basic library of the RA NAS, member of the committee Tigran Zargaryan, honoured cultural worker of RA, member of the evaluation committee Hasmik Karapetyan, vice president of the Armenian Library Association Rafik Ghazaryan, president of the Union of Writers of Armenia Edward Militonyan, representatives of “Antares”, “Zangak”, “Edit Print” publishing houses and cultural figures.
Within the framework of the event, a video was shown in the library hall telling about the best libraries in the world, followed by a demonstration of videos representing Armenian libraries and famous librarians of the world.
In the “Best Library” competition, the following libraries were recognized as winners in the nominations:
“The best regional library ” – Aragatsotn regional library after Vardges Petrosyan
“The best public library” – “GAVAR City Library” SNCO,
“The best professional/ academical Library” – the Scientific Library of the Armenian State University of Economics,
“The best school Library” – the Library of the “Shirakatsy Lyceum” International Scientific-Educational Complex,
“The best cultural and educational library” – Gegharkunik Regional Library named after Vardges Petrosyan:
Another 6 libraries that applied for “Best Library” competition were awarded certificates of honor.
“The best professional/ academical library “- Scentific library of Armenian National Agrarian University
“The best school library “- Library of Meghri N 2 secondary school
“The best school library ” – Library of St. Gregory the Illuminator Primary School No. 2 of Stepanavan
“The best innovative library “- Etchmiadzin Central Library named after Hovhannes Hovhannisyan
“The best community library “- Karakert community center of Armavir region,
“The best educational and cultural” Shirak regional library.