“soon we will go back to normal life, and libraries will re-open for more than 52 million registered users, but with new security measures,” – said the Minister of culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova at the Grand opening of the all-Russian day of libraries.
Separately, the Minister said that the national project “Culture” significantly accelerated the process of modernization of institutions across the country. The result of this work residents of very remote towns and villages receive “equal access to proven, high-quality knowledge and resources.” Already, the plan for modernization of libraries in 2021.
Olga Lyubimova appealed to librarians: “libraries have always worked and continue to work highly qualified specialists, the real devotees, selfless devotees to the cause. Thanks to your professionalism, inexhaustible energy, loyalty, culture and love for the book grew more than one generation of educated, literate Russian citizens.”
In turn, Deputy Minister of culture of the Russian Federation Olga Yarilova said that the Ministry is developing a plan for the return of libraries to the usual mode of operation.
“next week we will submit recommendations for regional and municipal libraries, and also gave instructions to the heads of Federal libraries to prepare, in accordance with the recommendation of the CPS and with the recommendations of IFLA (international Federation of library associations and institutions – approx. TASS) instructions on compliance with the institutions safety measures when returning documents from users”, – quotes the words Arroway TASS.
