The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee has additionally allocated Br273 million for the purchase of socially significant publications for libraries

August 7, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee has additionally allocated Br273 million for the purchase of socially significant publications and their transfer to public libraries in the region. Thus, the regional executive committee has joined the "Gift a Book to the Library" campaign, which is taking place in the region during the Year of Books. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Culture Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. OAO "Novaya Dubrava-Agro" of Liozno district supported the campaign by allocating Br1 million for the purchase of books for the library of the agro-town "Mikhalinovo". Students and teachers of the Vitebsk College of Arts donated 115 copies of fiction and photo albums to their library. The Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection has gratuitously transferred collections of books and magazines on environmental topics to public libraries in the region. The "Gift a Book to the Library" campaign is only one of four dozen events included in the regional action plan for the Year of Books. Along with book exhibitions, anniversary events dedicated to writers, and book advertising campaigns, it includes regional competitions, the results of which will be summarized in the second half of the current year. For example, among participants of literary, musical and literary clubs and lounges, a review competition of literary and musical works "My Cradle is Belarus" will be held, dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas. Young specialists (librarians) will take part in the professional competition "Hopes of the Future". In the libraries of Novopolotsk, a competition of drawings, posters, and photographs for promoting books among youth "Reading Youth is Successful Youth" is being held. In Vitebsk district, a competition for the best library project "Reading as a National Priority" has been announced. According to the department, the implementation of events in the Year of Books will increase the significance and role of books as a tool for obtaining information and knowledge in the context of the development of the information society, will support book publishing, and will activate the promotion of national literature.