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INLA offering round-the-clock service to researchers
TEHRAN, Sept.12(MNA) -- The Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) is offering round-the-clock service to researchers.
The study halls of the library are open at night providing service to PHD students, researchers, writers, and clerics, INLA Director Es’haq Salahi said here on Saturday.
The library was open everyday from 8 to 10 p.m., but now has extended its working hours from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. since September 10, he added.
Those who are willing to make use of the night service must first go to the library during daytime working hours to register one time only and after that, they can use the service at night, Salahi said.
He also added that two separate rooms have been designated for male and female users to get a brief rest during their overnight stays.
It seems that the extension of the library’s working hours is a positive response to recent criticism by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, of Iran’s low per capita book reading rate.
The figures on reading books and the number of publications are not satisfactory, the Leader had said during a meeting with a number of Iranian librarians and library directors in July.
He called for “a serious revision” of official programs for the promotion of reading “useful and proper books”, particularly the programs targeting teenagers and youth.
Officials should pay “strict attention” to books, he had added.
In April 2008, former director of INLA Ali-Akbar Ash’ari announced that Iran’s per capita book reading rate is two minutes in every 24 hours.
Ash’ari was censured for his remarks by some Iranian officials. Afterwards, they began to cite higher numbers for Iran’s per capita book reading rate.
The study halls of the library are open at night providing service to PHD students, researchers, writers, and clerics, INLA Director Es’haq Salahi said here on Saturday.
The library was open everyday from 8 to 10 p.m., but now has extended its working hours from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. since September 10, he added.
Those who are willing to make use of the night service must first go to the library during daytime working hours to register one time only and after that, they can use the service at night, Salahi said.
He also added that two separate rooms have been designated for male and female users to get a brief rest during their overnight stays.
It seems that the extension of the library’s working hours is a positive response to recent criticism by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, of Iran’s low per capita book reading rate.
The figures on reading books and the number of publications are not satisfactory, the Leader had said during a meeting with a number of Iranian librarians and library directors in July.
He called for “a serious revision” of official programs for the promotion of reading “useful and proper books”, particularly the programs targeting teenagers and youth.
Officials should pay “strict attention” to books, he had added.
In April 2008, former director of INLA Ali-Akbar Ash’ari announced that Iran’s per capita book reading rate is two minutes in every 24 hours.
Ash’ari was censured for his remarks by some Iranian officials. Afterwards, they began to cite higher numbers for Iran’s per capita book reading rate.
