DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL EVENTS ORGANIZATION

Head of the Department: Salayeva Natella Siraj

Tel: (994 12) 493 60 04
E-mail: [email protected]

 

General Information

 

Department of Mass-Cultural Events commenced its work in 1942. It is the primary department organizing public events of the library. It marks significant and historic days, organizes presentations and exhibitions of new books received by the library. It also provides the mass media with the information about the events held at the National Library.

 

Duties

• It organizes book exhibitions  devoted to the writers, poets, scientists, cultural figures whose jubilees are marked under the presidential decrees and presentations of recently-released books;

 

Main activities

• Exhibitions on historical, political, economic, cultural life of foreign countries are organized jointly with their embassies to our country; as well as closely cooperates with Baku-based centers of those embassies;

• It holds various events on the jubilees of prominent scientists, cultural figures of Azerbaijan; as well as literature exhibitions, seminars, bibliographic reviews, user conferences and meetings;

• The workers supervising book exhibitions answer numerous questions of library users.

• Electronic database of the materials collected about the public events have been created under the heading of event resumes. It regularly transfers materials about the events to the library website.