In the Tamanian Grand Hall of the National Library of Armenia, a session titled “Preservation and Promotion of Armenian Heritage” was held within the international conference “Heritage Preservation for a Sustainable Future,” dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Armenia.

Main speakers and topics: Meline Pehlivanian, Berlin State Library (Germany) — “The Armenian Printed and Manuscript Heritage of the Berlin State Library: New Developments in Preservation and Cataloguing” Michael James Erdman, British Library (United Kingdom) — “Transforming the Future of Data (Serialisation): Cataloguing and Preservation of the Ter-Khachatourian Press Collection” Astghik Hakobyan, National Archives of Armenia (Armenia) — “Iranian-Armenian Printing and Press as Testaments to the Preservation of National Heritage”

Veronica Trotter, Indiana University Libraries (USA) — “Preserving Heritage: Studying Armenian Language and Culture through Rare Books at the Lilly Library, Indiana University” Hamest Tamrazyan, Federal Polytechnic University of Lausanne (Switzerland) — “Enriching Armenian Digital Epigraphy: Using SKOS to Improve Accessibility and Interoperability of Cultural Heritage Data” Nevena Gramatikova, National Library of Bulgaria (Bulgaria) — “Armenian and Ottoman-Turkish Historical Documents on Armenians and Armenian Historic Regions in the Ottoman Empire in the ‘Oriental Collections’ Department of the St. Cyril and St. Methodius National Library”

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