More than 80 percent of users of the National Library of Belarus are people under the age of 35

On September 14, a press conference dedicated to the Day of Libraries was held at the National Library of Belarus. On the eve of the holiday, which is annually celebrated in the country on September 15, the speakers discussed new initiatives aimed at attracting young people, developing library services in rural areas, and also shared current statistics.

To date, the total fund of the National Library of Belarus is more than 10.5 million copies of documents in more than 80 languages. More than 100 thousand units of storage includes a fund of manuscripts, rare and old-printed publications. The number of library users has reached about 270 thousand. More than 60 percent prefer to use the library remotely. Every year, about 2 million copies of documents are issued to readers. More than 80 percent of the users of the National Library of Belarus are people under the age of 35, said Viktor Pshibytko, Deputy General Director and Director for Information Resources and User Service of the National Library of Belarus:

- More than 60 percent of these users are students and students. Our youngest reader is 12 years old, and the most respectable is 92 years old. In terms of gender, more than 60 percent of our readers are women.

The library pays special attention to the formation of its own electronic information resources. Their volume today is more than 10.5 million records. We are also actively working on the formation of our own electronic library, which has more than 760,000 documents. At the same time, the library is not only the largest informational, but also a socio-cultural, educational and scientific center of the country, Viktor Pshibytko emphasized:

- More than 600 diverse events are held annually within the National Library of Belarus. One of them is the annual Republican cultural and educational campaign “Biblionic”. This year, a new unique project was launched on the observation platform of the library - a jij set "At the height", where residents and guests of our capital were able to meet the sunset to the rhythms of electronic music. Creative literary meetings, regular film screenings, educational projects on psychology, popular astronomy are also in demand and popular among our users. More than 2.5 million people use the services of public libraries of Belarus every year