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01/08/2014. A meeting of the Council of representatives of Karelians, Vepsians and Finns of the Republic of Karelia at the Head of the Republic of Karelia
July 15, 2014:
A meeting of The Council of representatives of Karelians, Vepsians and Finns of the Republic of Karelia, which is chaired by the Head of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Hudilainen, was held. At the meeting the activity of the National Library of Karelia, district and rural libraries at the field of promotion of literature in Karelian, Vepsian and Finnish was considered.
The Head of the National Library of Karelia Marina Nikishina made a report on the measures taken for the promotion of the national languages of the Republic of Karelia. She told about the Internet projects of the library that present Karelian, Vepsian and Finnish on the Internet, traditional library work including creation of bibliographic resources and preservation of the literary monuments in the national languages that are also available on the Internet.
For promotion of the literature in the national languages the staff of the National Library and municipal libraries organizes literary festivals, poetry readings and creative meetings, "round tables" and game programs, competitions and exhibitions using innovative approaches. The mobile library of the National Library of Karelia works in Prionezhsky, Pryazhinsky and Olonetsky Districts of the Republic.