September 16, 2010 - 18:39 AMT
200 ancient books of Armenian Academy of Sciences already available on internet

The Fundamental Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (RA NAS) digitized over 500 ancient books, making 200 of them available on the internet.

As the library director Tigran Zargaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the process was launched in 2006, with Armenian editions digitized first due to storage issues.

The RA NAS Fundamental Library holds over 4000 books dating back to 1512-1920s. Over 3 million books and periodicals are stored in library fund.