Tajikistan Documentary
Heritage
Alla Aslitdinova
Academy Library
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Central Asia is the land and
place of historical meeting and
intellectual interaction between
East and West, and Tajikistan is
important part of this process.
Located in the very heart of
Central Asia, Tajikistan
occupies an aria of 143,1000
square kilometers, with
mountains ranging from 300 to
7,495 meters comprising 93% of
the land. Half of the country in
more than 3,000 meters above
sea level.
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The Tajik are descendant of
branch of Indo-European
family of nations who for
thousands of years peacefully
inhabited the fertile oases of
Central Asia. Tajiks have
ancient and one of the richest
culture in the over the world.
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Books and literature
constitute a fundamental
part of the identity and
dignity of a people.
Library Resources
in Tajikistan
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1,5 thousand public,
university, special, school
librarie,12 mln books
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800 thousand patrons,
including almost 100
thousand
students
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more then 200 thousand
p u p i l s .
National Library of Tajikistan
National Library of Tajikistan
named after Firdavsi was
founded in 1933 year, library
houses some 3 million volumes,
including 2,000 historical
manuscripts, 10,000 rare printed
books and a significant
collection of audio materials.
Library helps students, faculty
and other visitors locate
research materials and
information.
Library of the Tajik National State
University
University Library- was
founded in 1948.
Library host almost
1mln. books and
journals.
Library started to work
under the electronic
catalogs in 2002 year.
University Main Building
Central scientific Library of the
Academy of Sciences Library
Academy of Sciences
Building in Dushanbe
The Central Scientific Library
of the Academy of Sciences
is one of the largest libraries
in the country, holding 1.5
million items, including
15,000 volumes designated as
rare books, a large and
i m p o r t a n t c a r t og r a p h i c
collection and a unique cardb a s e d Ta j i k i s t a n i c a
information catalogue of 4
million items. Academy
library services 16 000 users.
Library Electronic Resources
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Electronic Catalog
Electronic Library(Greenstone
software )
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Rare Books Collection
Digitazation
Documentation Heritage Digitalization
The Academic library has
prepared a CD with works
of S. Oldenburg and Sa’di
Shirazi “Gulistan” that are
kept in the library collection.
This publication is the first
CD issued in the planned
series of electronic
publications.
Islam and Islamic Studies
Library has a valuable
collection of the
Russian books of XIX
century about
Islam and Islamic
Studies.
These books
were scanned for
publication on CD and
were printed by hard
copy for patrons.
CD Published
The main goal of the series is making
available the contents of the Rare Book
collection of the Central Scientific library
of the Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Tajikistan.
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Manuscripts and the written heritage in
general, play a special role in the history
of Tajik people. The national culture
and spirit heritage of Tajik- Persian
Literature have international
significance and Tajik literature heritage
had an influence on world history and
literature.
The national culture and spirit heritage
of Tajik- Persian Literature have
international significance and Tajik
literature heritage had an influence on
world history and literature.
Works of the ancestor of the Tajik
literature Rudaki, great Avicenna's
works, names of Firdavsi, Omar
Khayam, Rumi, Saadi, Zakoni, Khafiz,
Jami, and many others Tajik classic
sparkle with bright stars on the sky of
the world civilization.
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Thank you
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aslitdinova@rambler.ru