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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE LATVIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY COMMENCED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 20
Several hundred people who had supported and promoted the Latvian National Library project were invited to a special ceremony to mark the occasion. Among the guests were politicians, economists, financiers, luminaries from the world of culture and the arts, academicians, businessmen, and representatives of the nongovernmental sector. |
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Mr. TOMAS LIDMAN, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVIST OF SWEDEN, SPEECH IN THE CONFERENCE āTHE LIBRARY IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETYā
Ten years ago there was a conference in Riga with the theme Censorship in a modern society. The aim was to discuss how various forms of censorship existed and functioned in libraries in different countries during the period up to 1990. One result of the conference was an interesting report. I spoke about the role of the libraries in the development of a democratic society. I stressed upon the importance of freedom of information, words first expressed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt just after the Second World War. His words are milestones for all libraries: public libraries, scientific libraries and National libraries. |
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