Parliamentary Library highlights restoration of historical documentary collections in 2022 summary
Promoted as the principal scientific library of the country, the Parliamentary Library is structured under the lawmaking body as a recognition of its “exceptional national significance”. Its history goes back to the founding of the Tbilisi Public Library during the Tsarist Russian rule of Georgia in 1846. Photo: The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
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Professionals at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia restored 42 “unique” historical maps, thousands of books and newspapers throughout 2022, Natalia Elizbarashvili, the Library’s Head of the Conservation and Restoration Department, said on Wednesday in her summary of the institution’s work.
As part of the annual summary of its work, the Library said 4,807 pieces of documentary historical material had been brought up in condition throughout the year.
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Books, magazines and newspapers, sheets and maps were among the material, while librarians also produced over 10,000 boxes for the venue’s archival fond and rare editions.
The year also marked the completion of the restoration of the entire collection of materials on Ilia Chavchavadze - a publicist, author and a major figure of the country's 19th century national movement.
Another collection, involving documents related to the Society for Spreading Literacy Among Georgians - an organisation co-founded by Chavchavadze and a group of leading Georgian intellectuals in 1879 - was also restored in the past year.
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Finally, the Library launched the restoration of publications to be preserved at the Museum of the Georgian Press, unveiled recently at the venue and set to illustrate the history of Georgian journalism and works of publicists from the country.
Promoted as the principal scientific library of the country, the Parliamentary Library is structured under the lawmaking body as a recognition of its “exceptional national significance”.
Its history goes back to the founding of the Tbilisi Public Library during the Tsarist Russian rule of Georgia in 1846, with the institution moving into a new venue in the 1910s.
Recognised for its decorated grand interior halls and hosting exhibitions and cultural events throughout the year, it houses collections of Georgian and foreign literature and media, photographs and cartographic publications.
Book catalogues, multimedia, microfilms and digital documents join music sheets and other material in its vaults to illustrate public life and biographies of notable personalities from across the ages.
Thousands of iconic and never-before-seeing photographs from the largest private collection in Georgia have been acquired by the National Parliamentary Library and will illustrate one of the most lively periods in the country's history in displays at the venue.
The Georgian National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and National Parliamentary Library are hosting a virtual exhibition dedicated to Georgian medical personnel fighting on the front line against the new coronavirus.
A Georgian section has been created in the Estonian National Library, as a result of cooperation between the Georgian National Library and the Georgian Embassy in Estonia.
To encourage reading in Georgia, the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia has grown its presence in the community.
A historical bridge in the central Georgian city of Gori has reopened after an European Union-backed rehabilitation, with the 1908 construction now open for pedestrian access.
Traditional meals from south-west Georgia, scientific heritage from the west of the country and the annual grape harvest are among latest entries to be added to the national registry of intangible cultural heritage.
Archival exhibits ranging from documents on lives of religious figures in Georgia, photographs of civilian engineering projects and media publications were restored by the National Archives of Georgia over the past year, the institution said in its annual summary.
Traditional Korean dancing, costumes, games and other aspects of the national culture were introduced to visitors of an event hosted by the Georgia-Korea Information Access Centre of Tbilisi’s Central Library, the venue said on Tuesday.
The National Archives of Georgia on Friday presented a new book, “Georgian Manuscripts and Historical Documents", combining manuscripts and historical documents preserved in archival funds.
Author talks, readings of literature and exhibition and sale of books will be in the programme awaiting visitors of Ze-Kartan, a festival hosted in the mountainous parts of western Georgia’s Adjara region in September.