Iran National Library Holds 80th Anniversary
TEHRAN.(Iranart) - President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Gloria Pérez-Salmerón attended a ceremony on Monday at the National Library in Tehran that marked the 80th anniversary of the library.
Pérez-Salmerón spoke of IFLA’s Global Vision, an inclusive program seeking to promote globalization through a united library field. She requested the National Library to provide more data and information to assess its contribution to the global program, IRNA reported.
Director of the National Library, Ashraf Boroujerdi, said that the library is converting the national memory (books and documents) into digital formats so that their access can be facilitated for researchers in and outside Iran.