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Librarian Ulyana Sidorovich: “My work for seventy percent consists of creativity”

21 Oct 2019

When entering the reading room, you can’t help but notice a colorful exhibition stand. This month’s display is dedicated to the World Animal Day. The exposition is prepared by Ulyana Sidorovich, a librarian at the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department, who has been working here for four years. In the interview, we are talking about creativity in her work, the love of reading and the promotion of the National Library of Belarus on social media.

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Woman and War: Raisa Simakova

18 Sep 2019

Raisa Petrovna Simakova is a person with an amazing love of life. Having survived the Siege of Leningrad and suffered many losses, she still inspires with her optimism. This is a person who keeps in mind a plenitude of dates, events, facts and names; a person whose experience is priceless...

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Perfectly Treasured

17 Jun 2019

The new building of the National Library of Belarus, which has become one of the symbols of the country, was inaugurated on June 16, 2006. It is regularly mentioned in the lists of the most interesting, fantastic, unique works of world architecture. Every visitor of the library, whether a tourist, a reader or a participant of any event, will be impressed with this building.

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Events

Intellectual property: the 21st century

23 Apr 2024

From April 23 to May 28, the book exhibition "Intellectual Property: the XXI Century" dedicated to the International Intellectual Property Day is open in the Documents of International Organizations reading room (room 207g).

Connoisseur of Belarusian Antiquities

23 Apr 2024

April 18, 2024 marks the 210th anniversary of the birth of Yevstafiy Tyshkevich, a famous archaeologist, historian, ethnographer, local historian and museologist. His research has raised whole layers of the historical past, he was one of the first Belarusian authors of local lore. To mark the anniversary of the scientist, an exhibition "Connoisseur of Belarusian Antiquities" has been organized in the Book Museum of the National Library of Belarus.

A Look into Eternity

23 Apr 2024

Anniversary book exhibition "A Look into Eternity", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Belarusian scientist, literary critic Vladimir Mikhailovich Konon (1934–2011), takes place from April 23 to May 20 in the Belarusian Literature reading room (room 205).