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23/03/2018. The opening ceremony of the exhibition The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia – 2017
March 21, 2018:
The National Library of the Republic of Karelia opened an exhibition The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia – 2017; each year it is the beginning of the Contest The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia.
There are 397 books at the exhibition. Among them, there are literature on local history, industry, education, business, books by Karelian writers, books for children and literature in national languages published by 14 publishers and 27 publishing organizations.
At the opening of the exhibition, a welcoming speech was made by the Chairman of the Committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia on Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Policy Galina Gorelikova and the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Karelia Varvara Lebedeva. Publishers, authors, librarians and readers attended the event.
At the end of the opening ceremony, the first meeting of the Organizing Committee of the Contest took place. The first visitors of the exhibition were students of the Institute of History, Political and Social Sciences.
The exhibition will continue to work at the National Library of the Republic of Karelia until April 4. During the work of the exhibition, experts will evaluate the publications of 2017, and everyone can vote for his/her favorite book.
Books participating in the contest are presented on a virtual exhibition the Book of the Year 2017 on the web-site of the National Library.