National Library of Tatarstan donates books and CDs to INLA

TEHRAN,May 11(MNA) – The National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan donated a collection of books and CDs to the Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) on Thursday. The donation was made during a ceremony at the 26th Tehran International Book Fair, INLA announced in a press release on Friday. The deputy director of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan, Suumbika Razilevna Ziganshina, and the chairman of the Tatarstan parliament’s Committee for Culture, Science, Education, and National Issues, Razil Valiev, attended the ceremony. The books center on culture, history, civilization, theater, anthropology and several other subjects. Valiev, who had earlier visited INLA and had held talks with its officials, expressed hope that both countries would expand their cultural relations. He said that his country is in need of electronic copies of the sources kept in the libraries across Iran and hoped that INLA can help them in this regard. Ziganshina was also surprised to see the large number of Iranian visitors at her country’s pavilion and believed it shows the cultural commonalities of the two nations. In addition, INLA Deputy Director Gholamreza Azizi, who was present at the ceremony, said that INLA can help Tatarstan in training experts on the restoration of historical monuments of their country. Several experts from Iraq, Georgia and Oman have previously attended the restoration courses held at INLA over the past few years, Azizi added. The 26th Tehran International Book Fair running at Tehran’ Imam Khomeini Mosalla closes today.