On 25 April, the opening of the international conference devoted to the 20th anniversary from the date of the establishment of the professional public association "Belarusian Library Association".
The conference "Belarusian library community: contemporary condition and prospects for development" was held at the National Library of Belarus. The participants of the event were the representatives of the Ministry of Culture, the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, as well as over 400 representatives of libraries and other institutions and organizations from Belarus, library specialists from foreign countries.
The conference summed up the activities of the public association "Belarusian Library Association" for 1992–2012 years and marked the prospects for development in the future. The participants of the conference got acquainted with the experience of library associations of nearest neighbors – Russia and Ukraine. Within the framework of the conference there was held a ceremonial signing of agreements on cooperation with these associations.